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Pat McFadden vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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

Photograph of Pat McFadden
Pat McFadden
Lab Wolverhampton South East
vs
Photograph of Sir Oliver Dowden
Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Pat McFadden and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,189 shared comparable votes.

66 same votes 1,123 different votes 1,189 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
19 Aye 9 No
Energy 11% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
111 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 173 shared votes
65 Aye 108 No
24 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
25 Aye 18 No
Benefits 5% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 No
30 Aye 51 No
Migration 4% aligned 81 shared votes
48 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No
35 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 53 shared votes
18 Aye 35 No
16 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

65.5%
7% below average
Rank 508 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,557
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
898
57.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
659
42.3% 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
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

35
-47.3 vs Commons average
Rank 526 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
255
+111.5 vs Commons average
Rank 84 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

£2,498,186
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£225,631
same as average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
16
4 registered categories
4
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

Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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
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