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Jim Dickson vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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

Photograph of Jim Dickson
Jim Dickson
Lab Dartford
vs
Photograph of Sir Oliver Dowden
Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Jim Dickson and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 338 shared comparable votes.

14 same votes 324 different votes 338 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
13 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
45 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
30 Aye 45 No
21 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
30 Aye 45 No
21 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 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

88.6%
16% above average
Rank 35 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
523
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
251
48.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
272
52.0% 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, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

144
+60.4 vs Commons average
Rank 76 of 650
Appearances
60
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 650
161
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 185 of 650
Contributions
66
-79.7 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£172,033
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£172,033
24% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
1
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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Education
47 of 50 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
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
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 Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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
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
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API