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Graham Stringer vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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

Photograph of Graham Stringer
Graham Stringer
Lab Blackley and Middleton South
vs
Photograph of Sir Oliver Dowden
Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Graham Stringer and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 13% of the time, based on 1,015 shared comparable votes.

131 same votes 884 different votes 1,015 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
44 Aye 56 No
Brexit / EU 66% aligned 100 shared votes
36 Aye 64 No
16 Aye 23 No
Trade 13% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 33 No
Transport 10% aligned 51 shared votes
30 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 10 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 21 No
Defence 9% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
13 Aye 28 No
14 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

57.7%
15% below average
Rank 592 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 419 of 649
1,369
2,372 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,672
2,372 eligible divisions
684
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
778
46.5% of votes cast
685
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
894
53.5% of votes cast
113
8.3% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

58
-22.6 vs Commons average
Rank 380 of 649
Appearances
60
-20.6 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 649
44
-96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 525 of 649
Contributions
67
-73.5 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,011,354
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£160,334
29% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
16
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

Migration
123 of 171 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Housing
44 of 66 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Defence
47 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 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
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
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
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API