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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Christine Jardine

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
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Photograph of Christine Jardine
Christine Jardine
LD Edinburgh West

Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Christine Jardine voted the same way 19% of the time, based on 991 shared comparable votes.

185 same votes 806 different votes 991 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
10 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 65% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 31 No
Education 65% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 40% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
43 Aye 91 No
Tax 37% aligned 134 shared votes
73 Aye 61 No
20 Aye 23 No
Defence 33% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
20 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 2% aligned 50 shared votes
31 Aye 19 No
40 Aye 33 No
Migration 4% aligned 73 shared votes
30 Aye 43 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
66.4 %
6 % below average
Rank 494 of 649
1,665
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,398
2,106 eligible divisions
772
46.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
779
55.7 % of votes cast
893
53.6 % of votes cast
No votes
619
44.3 % of votes cast
10
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

56
-21.9 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 650
Appearances
145
+67.1 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 650
66
-72.3 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 650
Contributions
147
+8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 185 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
£1,941,958
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£318,822
41 % above average
17
5 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
16
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
Brexit / EU
176 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 163 votes
Transport
77 of 95 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 46 votes
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
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