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Mrs Elsie Blundell vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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

Photograph of Mrs Elsie Blundell
Mrs Elsie Blundell
Lab Heywood and Middleton North
vs
Photograph of Sir Oliver Dowden
Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Mrs Elsie Blundell and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 283 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 280 different votes 283 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
4 Aye 8 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
43 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
28 Aye 43 No
21 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
28 Aye 43 No
21 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

84.1 %
11 % above average
Rank 123 of 647
Participation
70.4 %
3 % below average
Rank 427 of 647
445
529 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,630
2,315 eligible divisions
224
50.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
753
46.2 % of votes cast
221
49.7 % of votes cast
No votes
877
53.8 % of votes cast
10
2.2 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

49
-13.0 vs Commons average
Rank 341 of 647
Appearances
43
-19.0 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 647
66
-45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 647
Contributions
53
-58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£161,906
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£161,906
28 % below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
3
3 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

Defence
22 of 22 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
Education
48 of 49 votes
#4
Transport
71 of 87 votes
Housing
30 of 31 votes
#5
Education
72 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
Aye
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
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
No
Privilege 28 Apr 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 its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
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
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