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Joe Powell vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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

Photograph of Joe Powell
Joe Powell
Lab Kensington and Bayswater
vs
Photograph of Sir Oliver Dowden
Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Joe Powell and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 299 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 286 different votes 299 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 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
24 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
4 Aye 25 No
9 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
4 Aye 25 No
9 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

75.3%
3% above average
Rank 304 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
444
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
208
46.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
236
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, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

93
+9.4 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 650
Appearances
60
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 650
123
-22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 264 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

£214,410
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£214,410
5% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
5
4 registered categories
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Work / Employment
35 of 39 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: 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 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
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
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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