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Sarah Smith vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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

Photograph of Sarah Smith
Sarah Smith
Lab Hyndburn
vs
Photograph of Sir Oliver Dowden
Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 235 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 229 different votes 235 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
3 Aye 6 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
36 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
19 Aye 36 No
20 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
19 Aye 36 No
20 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
1 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

62.1 %
11 % below average
Rank 554 of 649
Participation
70.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 417 of 649
357
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,665
2,361 eligible divisions
191
53.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
772
46.4 % of votes cast
166
46.5 % of votes cast
No votes
893
53.6 % of votes cast
13
3.6 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

62
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 343 of 650
Appearances
56
-21.9 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 650
79
-59.3 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 650
Contributions
66
-72.3 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£195,060
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
17
5 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

Trade
6 of 7 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Tax
80 of 111 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
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
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
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
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