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Dan Carden vs Sir Oliver Dowden

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Dan Carden
Dan Carden
Lab Liverpool Walton
vs
Photograph of Sir Oliver Dowden
Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Dan Carden and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,070 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 1,022 different votes 1,070 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
22 Aye 31 No
Migration 9% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
96 Aye 57 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 153 shared votes
58 Aye 95 No
20 Aye 20 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
11 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
33 Aye 10 No
Education 2% aligned 43 shared votes
11 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 57 shared votes
20 Aye 37 No
25 Aye 32 No
Transport 0% aligned 57 shared votes
32 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 53 shared votes
31 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

68.8%
4% below average
Rank 450 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,460
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
808
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
652
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
10
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

26
-57.6 vs Commons average
Rank 574 of 650
Appearances
60
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 650
37
-108.7 vs Commons average
Rank 560 of 650
Contributions
66
-79.7 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,875,223
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£298,675
32% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
16
5 registered categories
Registered interests
17
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
162 of 188 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 49 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Devolution / Local Government
52 of 63 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Trade
70 of 87 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
No
Illegal Migration Bill: Committee of the whole House: New Clause 6 27 Mar 2023
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
No
Standing Order 163: Private Sitting 22 Oct 2021
Tax
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API