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Shockat Adam vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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

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Shockat Adam
Ind Leicester South
vs
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Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Shockat Adam and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 45% of the time, based on 216 shared comparable votes.

98 same votes 118 different votes 216 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
8 Aye 13 No
Education 81% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 75% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
22 Aye 24 No
Tax 67% aligned 46 shared votes
17 Aye 29 No
3 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 67% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 59% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
0 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 2 No
Transport 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 19% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

58.4 %
14 % below average
Rank 583 of 649
Participation
70.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 417 of 649
336
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,665
2,361 eligible divisions
182
54.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
772
46.4 % of votes cast
154
45.8 % of votes cast
No votes
893
53.6 % of votes cast
n/a
rebellion not calculated
Against party
10
0.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

173
+95.4 vs Commons average
Rank 26 of 649
Appearances
56
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 385 of 649
185
+47.1 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 649
Contributions
66
-71.9 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£230,874
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£230,874
2 % above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
8
5 registered categories
Registered interests
16
5 registered categories
2
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
26 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Defence
23 of 34 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Education
31 of 50 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Migration
8 of 13 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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