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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Antonia Bance

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 Antonia Bance
Antonia Bance
Lab Tipton and Wednesbury

Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Antonia Bance voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 232 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 229 different votes 232 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
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
39 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
39 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 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
70.0 %
3 % below average
Rank 437 of 648
1,628
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
368
526 eligible divisions
751
46.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
187
50.8 % of votes cast
877
53.9 % of votes cast
No votes
181
49.2 % of votes cast
10
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
12
3.3 % 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
42
-18.4 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 648
51
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 648
Contributions
62
-46.9 vs Commons average
Rank 392 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
£196,999
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£196,999
13 % below average
16
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
197 of 211 votes
#1
Defence
22 of 22 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Transport
71 of 87 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Education
72 of 95 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 23 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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 its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
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
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
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
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API