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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Damian Hinds

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Damian Hinds voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,576 shared comparable votes.

1,567 same votes 9 different votes 1,576 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
81 Aye 122 No
Tax 100% aligned 203 shared votes
81 Aye 122 No
78 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 150 shared votes
78 Aye 72 No
60 Aye 37 No
Migration 100% aligned 97 shared votes
60 Aye 37 No
39 Aye 32 No
Transport 100% aligned 71 shared votes
39 Aye 32 No
36 Aye 29 No
Trade 100% aligned 65 shared votes
36 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
70 Aye 125 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 195 shared votes
71 Aye 124 No
81 Aye 122 No
Tax 100% aligned 203 shared votes
81 Aye 122 No
78 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 150 shared votes
78 Aye 72 No
60 Aye 37 No
Migration 100% aligned 97 shared votes
60 Aye 37 No
39 Aye 32 No
Transport 100% aligned 71 shared votes
39 Aye 32 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
86.3%
14% above average
Rank 68 of 649
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,050
2,376 eligible divisions
781
46.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
986
48.1% of votes cast
895
53.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,064
51.9% of votes cast
12
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649
Appearances
79
-4.7 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 649
66
-79.9 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649
Contributions
115
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 295 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
£2,055,176
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£219,626
3% below average
17
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
208 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
161 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
56 of 60 votes
Transport
77 of 95 votes
#4
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
84 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API