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Kate Osborne vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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

Photograph of Kate Osborne
Kate Osborne
Lab Jarrow and Gateshead East
vs
Photograph of Sir Oliver Dowden
Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Kate Osborne and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 719 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 679 different votes 719 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
16 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 15 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 4 No
Energy 6% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
28 Aye 44 No
Migration 4% aligned 72 shared votes
41 Aye 31 No
15 Aye 9 No
Housing 4% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
11 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
7 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 32 shared votes
25 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 18 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

64.2%
8% below average
Rank 529 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,065
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
548
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
517
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
15
1.4% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

7
-75.3 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
7
-136.5 vs Commons average
Rank 626 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

£1,466,346
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£344,831
52% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
5
4 registered categories
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

Democracy / Parliament
35 of 41 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Migration
131 of 154 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Trade
41 of 53 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
34 of 44 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Education
50 of 69 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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 24 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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