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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Katrina Murray

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 Katrina Murray
Katrina Murray
Lab Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch

Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Katrina Murray voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 291 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 286 different votes 291 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
6 Aye 8 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
28 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
13 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
13 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 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
76.8%
4% above average
Rank 272 of 649
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
453
590 eligible divisions
781
46.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
232
51.2% of votes cast
895
53.4% of votes cast
No votes
221
48.8% of votes cast
12
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
17
3.8% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
Appearances
62
-20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 357 of 649
66
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 458 of 649
Contributions
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 409 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
£184,548
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£184,548
18% below average
16
4 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
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Transport
77 of 95 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
56 of 62 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
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
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 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 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 Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API