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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Alex Baker

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
Photograph of Alex Baker
Alex Baker
Lab Aldershot

Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Alex Baker voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 273 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 270 different votes 273 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
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
24 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
39 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
39 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

70.4 %
3 % below average
Rank 429 of 648
Participation
77.2 %
4 % above average
Rank 274 of 648
1,628
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
406
526 eligible divisions
751
46.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
225
55.4 % of votes cast
877
53.9 % of votes cast
No votes
181
44.6 % of votes cast
10
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
11
2.7 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

41
-19.4 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 648
Appearances
44
-16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 385 of 648
51
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 648
Contributions
48
-60.9 vs Commons average
Rank 464 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£175,028
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£175,028
23 % below average
16
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
197 of 211 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#3
Education
43 of 49 votes
Transport
71 of 87 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
52 of 61 votes
Education
72 of 95 votes
#5
Benefits
25 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API