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Rachel Hopkins vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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

Photograph of Rachel Hopkins
Rachel Hopkins
Lab Luton South and South Bedfordshire
vs
Photograph of Sir Oliver Dowden
Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Rachel Hopkins and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 931 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 890 different votes 931 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
17 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 18 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 6 No
Energy 5% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
29 Aye 46 No
Migration 4% aligned 75 shared votes
43 Aye 32 No
18 Aye 20 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
32 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 46 shared votes
14 Aye 32 No
31 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
15 Aye 31 No
30 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
14 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

84.9%
12% above average
Rank 96 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,408
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
746
53.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
662
47.0% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% 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

86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 650
Appearances
60
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 650
100
-45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 338 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

£1,064,817
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£253,152
12% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
17
4 registered categories
1
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

Housing
53 of 54 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Education
65 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Migration
143 of 154 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 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
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
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
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
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