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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Chris Hinchliff

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 Chris Hinchliff
Chris Hinchliff
Lab North East Hertfordshire

Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Chris Hinchliff voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 330 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 317 different votes 330 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 21% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 9 No
Housing 6% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
36 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
36 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 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
86.8%
14% above average
Rank 62 of 649
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
512
590 eligible divisions
781
46.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
255
49.8% of votes cast
895
53.4% of votes cast
No votes
257
50.2% of votes cast
12
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.3% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 650
Appearances
122
+38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 650
66
-79.7 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 650
Contributions
143
-2.7 vs Commons average
Rank 219 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
£174,907
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£174,907
23% below average
17
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Transport
77 of 95 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 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
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
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