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Rebecca Long Bailey vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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

Photograph of Rebecca Long Bailey
Rebecca Long Bailey
Lab Salford
vs
Photograph of Sir Oliver Dowden
Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Rebecca Long Bailey and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,324 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 1,268 different votes 1,324 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
111 Aye 55 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 166 shared votes
59 Aye 107 No
26 Aye 21 No
Benefits 4% aligned 47 shared votes
19 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
28 Aye 51 No
Migration 4% aligned 79 shared votes
48 Aye 31 No
20 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 36 No
Transport 0% aligned 66 shared votes
36 Aye 30 No
25 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 59 shared votes
34 Aye 25 No
40 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 56 shared votes
16 Aye 40 No
25 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

76.8%
4% above average
Rank 273 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,824
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
1,008
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
816
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
26
1.4% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 649
Appearances
60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649
54
-91.9 vs Commons average
Rank 492 of 649
Contributions
66
-79.9 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,991,058
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£259,636
15% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
5
1 registered category
Registered interests
17
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

Defence
68 of 71 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Transport
81 of 95 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
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
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
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
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
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
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