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Jeremy Corbyn vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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

Photograph of Jeremy Corbyn
Jeremy Corbyn
YP Islington North
vs
Photograph of Sir Oliver Dowden
Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Jeremy Corbyn and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 1,132 shared comparable votes.

110 same votes 1,022 different votes 1,132 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
18 Aye 21 No
Housing 28% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 14 No
Education 24% aligned 38 shared votes
9 Aye 29 No
2 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 18% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
22 Aye 20 No
Defence 14% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
44 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 96 shared votes
57 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No
9 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 30 No
Trade 2% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 2% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

62.3%
10% below average
Rank 553 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,481
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
822
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
659
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

133
+51.3 vs Commons average
Rank 85 of 649
Appearances
60
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 376 of 649
181
+38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 153 of 649
Contributions
66
-76.3 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,714,849
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£284,788
26% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
27
3 registered categories
Registered interests
16
4 registered categories
5
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
144 of 171 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Housing
51 of 67 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
55 of 77 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Foreign Affairs
48 of 69 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
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
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 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
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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