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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Carolyn Harris

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 Carolyn Harris
Carolyn Harris
Lab Neath and Swansea East

Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Carolyn Harris voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,323 shared comparable votes.

64 same votes 1,259 different votes 1,323 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
62 Aye 106 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 168 shared votes
110 Aye 58 No
16 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
40 Aye 31 No
Migration 6% aligned 71 shared votes
29 Aye 42 No
17 Aye 24 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 16 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 65 shared votes
30 Aye 35 No
19 Aye 37 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 56 shared votes
37 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
30 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 26 No
Housing 0% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 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 418 of 649
Participation
75.1%
3% above average
Rank 308 of 649
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,785
2,376 eligible divisions
781
46.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,025
57.4% of votes cast
895
53.4% of votes cast
No votes
760
42.6% of votes cast
12
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
Appearances
49
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 649
66
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 458 of 649
Contributions
29
-114.5 vs Commons average
Rank 577 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,394,912
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£305,970
35% above average
16
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Education
83 of 96 votes
Transport
77 of 95 votes
#4
Work / Employment
66 of 77 votes
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
55 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
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
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
Aye
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
Aye
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