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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 269 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 266 different votes 269 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
8 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
26 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
7 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
7 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 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

70.5%
2% below average
Rank 420 of 649
Participation
72.3%
same as average
Rank 375 of 649
1,669
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
421
582 eligible divisions
775
46.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
211
50.1% of votes cast
894
53.6% of votes cast
No votes
210
49.9% of votes cast
10
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
9
2.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

58
-22.0 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649
Appearances
65
-15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 649
65
-74.4 vs Commons average
Rank 450 of 649
Contributions
211
+71.6 vs Commons average
Rank 116 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
£210,175
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£210,175
7% below average
16
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
197 of 211 votes
#1
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
Transport
77 of 95 votes
#4
Education
43 of 50 votes
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
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 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
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