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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Mrs Elsie Blundell

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 Mrs Elsie Blundell
Mrs Elsie Blundell
Lab Heywood and Middleton North

Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Mrs Elsie Blundell voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 315 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 312 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
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
30 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
43 Aye 30 No
13 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
43 Aye 30 No
13 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 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 135 of 649
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
489
590 eligible divisions
781
46.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
240
49.1% of votes cast
895
53.4% of votes cast
No votes
249
50.9% of votes cast
12
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
10
2.0% 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
66
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 339 of 649
66
-79.9 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649
Contributions
92
-53.9 vs Commons average
Rank 365 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
£161,906
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£161,906
28% below average
17
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Transport
77 of 95 votes
#4
Education
48 of 50 votes
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 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: 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 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
Where they voted the same
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API