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Jo Stevens vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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

Photograph of Jo Stevens
Jo Stevens
Lab Cardiff East
vs
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Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Jo Stevens and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,325 shared comparable votes.

76 same votes 1,249 different votes 1,325 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
20 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
115 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 181 shared votes
67 Aye 114 No
20 Aye 19 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
31 Aye 53 No
Migration 4% aligned 84 shared votes
50 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 33 No
Transport 0% aligned 58 shared votes
33 Aye 25 No
31 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
20 Aye 31 No
20 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

74.2%
2% above average
Rank 330 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,763
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
962
54.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
801
45.4% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

40
-42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 501 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
171
+27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 167 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

£1,912,752
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£253,083
12% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
1
1 registered category
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

Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Education
77 of 96 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
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 Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
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
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
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
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