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Jenny Riddell-Carpenter vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Jenny Riddell-Carpenter and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 304 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 295 different votes 304 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
42 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
30 Aye 42 No
20 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
30 Aye 42 No
20 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

79.8%
7% above average
Rank 201 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
471
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
250
53.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
221
46.9% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
1
0.2% 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

47
-35.3 vs Commons average
Rank 466 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
58
-85.5 vs Commons average
Rank 478 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

£177,477
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£177,477
22% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
17
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Education
47 of 50 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API