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Dr Allison Gardner vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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

Photograph of Dr Allison Gardner
Dr Allison Gardner
Lab Stoke-on-Trent South
vs
Photograph of Sir Oliver Dowden
Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Dr Allison Gardner and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 327 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 323 different votes 327 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
3 Aye 8 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
43 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
28 Aye 43 No
21 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
28 Aye 43 No
21 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
9 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

85.7%
13% above average
Rank 82 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 420 of 649
497
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,668
2,366 eligible divisions
247
49.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
774
46.4% of votes cast
250
50.3% of votes cast
No votes
894
53.6% of votes cast
11
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

62
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 649
Appearances
57
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 382 of 649
103
-34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 649
Contributions
64
-73.1 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£200,981
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£200,981
11% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
16
4 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

Energy
20 of 20 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Housing
30 of 31 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API