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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Dr Peter Prinsley

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 Dr Peter Prinsley
Dr Peter Prinsley
Lab Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket

Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Dr Peter Prinsley voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 315 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 302 different votes 315 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
13 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
30 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
34 Aye 30 No
13 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
34 Aye 30 No
13 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 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
82.9%
10% above average
Rank 137 of 649
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
489
590 eligible divisions
781
46.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
248
50.7% of votes cast
895
53.4% of votes cast
No votes
241
49.3% 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, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 650
Appearances
168
+84.4 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 650
66
-79.7 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 650
Contributions
244
+98.3 vs Commons average
Rank 94 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
£206,728
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£206,728
9% below average
17
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Transport
77 of 95 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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
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
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
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