The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Monday 12 October 2026.

Compare

Mr Calvin Bailey vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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

Photograph of Mr Calvin Bailey
Mr Calvin Bailey
Lab Leyton and Wanstead
vs
Photograph of Sir Oliver Dowden
Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Mr Calvin Bailey and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 246 shared comparable votes.

14 same votes 232 different votes 246 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
5 Aye 5 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
25 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

63.2%
9% below average
Rank 538 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
373
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
194
52.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
179
48.0% 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, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

101
+18.7 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
218
+74.5 vs Commons average
Rank 116 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

£186,701
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£186,701
17% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
0
0 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

Benefits
24 of 30 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Defence
26 of 34 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Education
38 of 50 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Housing
23 of 32 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API