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Liz Kendall vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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

Photograph of Liz Kendall
Liz Kendall
Lab Leicester West
vs
Photograph of Sir Oliver Dowden
Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Liz Kendall and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,196 shared comparable votes.

69 same votes 1,127 different votes 1,196 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
114 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 177 shared votes
67 Aye 110 No
17 Aye 9 No
Energy 8% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
25 Aye 18 No
Benefits 5% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 No
18 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
28 Aye 27 No
Trade 4% aligned 55 shared votes
29 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 60 shared votes
21 Aye 39 No
28 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

64.4%
8% below average
Rank 526 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,530
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
875
57.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
655
42.8% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

37
-45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 519 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
526
+382.5 vs Commons average
Rank 19 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

£2,620,750
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£249,722
10% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
16
4 registered categories
4
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

Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Benefits
62 of 81 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Migration
126 of 171 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
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
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
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