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Sarah Jones vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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

Photograph of Sarah Jones
Sarah Jones
Lab Croydon West
vs
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Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Sarah Jones and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,054 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 999 different votes 1,054 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
96 Aye 57 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 153 shared votes
58 Aye 95 No
12 Aye 5 No
Energy 6% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
29 Aye 46 No
Migration 4% aligned 75 shared votes
43 Aye 32 No
14 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 52 shared votes
20 Aye 32 No
24 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

66.7%
6% below average
Rank 485 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,414
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
786
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
628
44.4% 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
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 185 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
552
+408.5 vs Commons average
Rank 14 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

£1,822,449
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£279,929
24% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
16
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

Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Migration
136 of 163 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
56 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 46 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Where they voted the same
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
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
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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