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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Chris McDonald

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 McDonald
Chris McDonald
Lab Stockton North

Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Chris McDonald voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 295 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 291 different votes 295 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 8 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
26 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
41 Aye 26 No
11 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
41 Aye 26 No
11 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 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
78.3 %
6 % above average
Rank 239 of 649
1,665
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
450
575 eligible divisions
772
46.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
223
49.6 % of votes cast
893
53.6 % of votes cast
No votes
227
50.4 % of votes cast
10
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
10
2.2 % 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
95
+17.1 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 650
66
-72.3 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 650
Contributions
408
+269.7 vs Commons average
Rank 33 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
£217,932
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£217,932
4 % below average
17
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Defence
31 of 34 votes
Transport
77 of 95 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 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
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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