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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 349 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 345 different votes 349 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 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
29 Aye 43 No
27 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
7 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
29 Aye 43 No
27 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
7 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

84.2%
12% above average
Rank 109 of 650
Participation
70.7%
2% below average
Rank 408 of 650
521
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,700
2,405 eligible divisions
254
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
795
46.8% of votes cast
267
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
905
53.2% of votes cast
13
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

83
-5.8 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 650
Appearances
60
-28.8 vs Commons average
Rank 409 of 650
128
-26.6 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 650
Contributions
66
-88.6 vs Commons average
Rank 478 of 650

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
17
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
198 of 212 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#4
Transport
78 of 96 votes
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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