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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Olivia Bailey

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 Olivia Bailey
Olivia Bailey
Lab Reading West and Mid Berkshire

Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Olivia Bailey voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 300 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 296 different votes 300 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
10 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
27 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
7 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
26 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
7 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
26 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

70.7%
2% below average
Rank 408 of 650
Participation
73.7%
1% above average
Rank 337 of 650
1,700
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
456
619 eligible divisions
795
46.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
224
49.1% of votes cast
905
53.2% of votes cast
No votes
232
50.9% of votes cast
12
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
10
2.2% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-28.8 vs Commons average
Rank 409 of 650
Appearances
73
-15.8 vs Commons average
Rank 326 of 650
66
-88.6 vs Commons average
Rank 478 of 650
Contributions
213
+58.4 vs Commons average
Rank 134 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
£210,175
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£210,175
7% below average
17
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
198 of 212 votes
#1
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#3
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
Transport
78 of 96 votes
#4
Trade
9 of 10 votes
Trade
72 of 94 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API