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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Catherine Atkinson

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 Catherine Atkinson
Catherine Atkinson
Lab Derby North

Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Catherine Atkinson voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 301 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 297 different votes 301 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 8 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
25 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
38 Aye 25 No
11 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
38 Aye 25 No
11 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 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 417 of 649
Participation
79.3 %
7 % above average
Rank 215 of 649
1,665
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
456
575 eligible divisions
772
46.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
239
52.4 % of votes cast
893
53.6 % of votes cast
No votes
217
47.6 % of votes cast
10
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
13
2.9 % 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
89
+11.1 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 650
66
-72.3 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 650
Contributions
181
+42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 144 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
£207,563
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£207,563
8 % below average
17
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 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
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
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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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