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Louise Sandher-Jones vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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

Photograph of Louise Sandher-Jones
Louise Sandher-Jones
Lab North East Derbyshire
vs
Photograph of Sir Oliver Dowden
Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Louise Sandher-Jones and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 279 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 267 different votes 279 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
6 Aye 5 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
36 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
28 Aye 36 No
13 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
28 Aye 36 No
13 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
3 Aye 13 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 328 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
438
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
219
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
219
50.0% 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

56
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 650
Appearances
60
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 650
187
+41.3 vs Commons average
Rank 151 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

£179,498
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£179,498
21% 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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
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
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
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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