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Olivia Blake vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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

Photograph of Olivia Blake
Olivia Blake
Lab Sheffield Hallam
vs
Photograph of Sir Oliver Dowden
Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Olivia Blake and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 847 shared comparable votes.

33 same votes 814 different votes 847 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
9 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 5 No
Energy 5% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
29 Aye 45 No
Migration 4% aligned 74 shared votes
42 Aye 32 No
16 Aye 10 No
Housing 4% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 47 shared votes
14 Aye 33 No
30 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
15 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 29 No
Transport 0% aligned 41 shared votes
29 Aye 12 No
29 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
11 Aye 29 No

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

Voting record

74.7%
2% above average
Rank 318 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,239
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
649
52.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
590
47.6% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
10
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

37
-46.6 vs Commons average
Rank 524 of 650
Appearances
60
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 650
42
-103.7 vs Commons average
Rank 542 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

£1,408,648
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£300,839
33% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
17
4 registered categories
2
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

Education
66 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Transport
53 of 64 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
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
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
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
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: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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
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