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Monica Harding vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Monica Harding and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 245 shared comparable votes.

193 same votes 52 different votes 245 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
24 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
24 Aye 38 No
8 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 2 No
Transport 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Trade 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 5 No
Benefits 55% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 1 No
Energy 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 12 No
Housing 75% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

66.6%
6% below average
Rank 488 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
393
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
207
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
186
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
15
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

164
+81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 46 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
195
+51.5 vs Commons average
Rank 140 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

£225,810
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£225,810
same as average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
16
6 registered categories
Registered interests
16
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

#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API