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Mary Kelly Foy vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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

Photograph of Mary Kelly Foy
Mary Kelly Foy
Lab City of Durham
vs
Photograph of Sir Oliver Dowden
Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Mary Kelly Foy and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 679 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 656 different votes 679 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
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 11% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 18 No
Benefits 9% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
27 Aye 39 No
Migration 5% aligned 66 shared votes
36 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 47 No
Crime / Justice 1% aligned 71 shared votes
46 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
10 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
14 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 18 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 20 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

65.5 %
8 % below average
Rank 514 of 648
Participation
70.4 %
3 % below average
Rank 429 of 648
1,044
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,628
2,312 eligible divisions
542
51.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
751
46.1 % of votes cast
502
48.1 % of votes cast
No votes
877
53.9 % of votes cast
27
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

45
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 365 of 648
Appearances
41
-18.9 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 648
56
-51.9 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 648
Contributions
51
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 445 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,276,742
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£286,681
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
16
5 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

Environment / Climate
36 of 41 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Education
58 of 68 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
42 of 50 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
Devolution / Local Government
45 of 54 votes
#4
Transport
71 of 87 votes
Defence
47 of 58 votes
#5
Education
72 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
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
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill: Third Reading 10 Jan 2022
Energy
Aye
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