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Heidi Alexander vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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

Photograph of Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South
vs
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Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Heidi Alexander and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 526 shared comparable votes.

17 same votes 509 different votes 526 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 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
13 Aye 6 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 5 No
Energy 7% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
51 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
33 Aye 51 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
33 Aye 51 No
53 Aye 13 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 66 shared votes
13 Aye 53 No
29 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 43 shared votes
14 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

63.1%
10% below average
Rank 540 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
372
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
174
46.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
198
53.2% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

65
-17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 341 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
547
+403.5 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 649
Contributions
66
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 458 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£178,830
21% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
16
4 registered categories
6
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
13 of 13 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Transport
25 of 29 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Housing
26 of 32 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 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
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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
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