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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Adam Dance

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

Photograph of Sir Oliver Dowden
Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere
vs
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Adam Dance
LD Yeovil

Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Adam Dance voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 271 shared comparable votes.

221 same votes 50 different votes 271 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
24 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
24 Aye 41 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Trade 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
11 Aye 18 No
Education 93% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 29% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 4 No
Energy 50% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 2 No
Foreign Affairs 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

70.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 417 of 649
Participation
71.7 %
1 % below average
Rank 390 of 649
1,665
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
412
575 eligible divisions
772
46.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
214
51.9 % of votes cast
893
53.6 % of votes cast
No votes
198
48.1 % of votes cast
10
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

56
-21.9 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 650
Appearances
152
+74.1 vs Commons average
Rank 51 of 650
66
-72.3 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 650
Contributions
211
+72.7 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£197,730
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£197,730
13 % below average
17
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
197 of 211 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Transport
77 of 95 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#5
Education
43 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
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