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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Melanie Ward

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 Melanie Ward
Melanie Ward
Lab Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy

Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Melanie Ward voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 312 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 308 different votes 312 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 7 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
30 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
41 Aye 30 No
13 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
41 Aye 30 No
13 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 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
76.1%
3% above average
Rank 284 of 649
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
449
590 eligible divisions
781
46.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
49.0% of votes cast
895
53.4% of votes cast
No votes
229
51.0% of votes cast
12
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649
Appearances
68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 649
66
-79.9 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649
Contributions
93
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 362 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
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£195,558
14% below average
17
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Transport
77 of 95 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
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
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API