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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Damien Egan

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 Damien Egan
Damien Egan
Lab Bristol North East

Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Damien Egan voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 286 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 271 different votes 286 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
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
28 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
35 Aye 28 No
10 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
35 Aye 28 No
10 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 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 418 of 649
Participation
71.3%
1% below average
Rank 401 of 649
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
482
676 eligible divisions
781
46.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
225
46.7% of votes cast
895
53.4% of votes cast
No votes
257
53.3% of votes cast
12
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 7 months
Since 15 Feb 2024

Debates

60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649
Appearances
26
-57.7 vs Commons average
Rank 576 of 649
66
-79.9 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649
Contributions
29
-116.9 vs Commons average
Rank 584 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
£245,488
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£233,152
3% above average
17
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
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
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Energy
21 of 23 votes
Transport
77 of 95 votes
#4
Trade
10 of 11 votes
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#5
Transport
28 of 31 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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
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