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David Smith vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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

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David Smith
Lab North Northumberland
vs
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Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

David Smith and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 258 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 256 different votes 258 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
5 Aye 8 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
24 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

69.7 %
3 % below average
Rank 436 of 649
Participation
70.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 417 of 649
401
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,665
2,361 eligible divisions
201
50.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
772
46.4 % of votes cast
200
49.9 % of votes cast
No votes
893
53.6 % of votes cast
14
3.5 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

72
-5.9 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650
Appearances
56
-21.9 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 650
95
-43.3 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 650
Contributions
66
-72.3 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£182,965
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£182,965
19 % below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
17
5 registered categories
0
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

Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
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
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
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
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