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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Paul Waugh

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 Paul Waugh
Paul Waugh
Lab Rochdale

Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Paul Waugh voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 339 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 334 different votes 339 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
5 Aye 8 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
32 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
46 Aye 32 No
13 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
46 Aye 32 No
13 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 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 417 of 649
Participation
88.7 %
16 % above average
Rank 34 of 649
1,665
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
510
575 eligible divisions
772
46.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
256
50.2 % of votes cast
893
53.6 % of votes cast
No votes
254
49.8 % of votes cast
10
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
10
2.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

56
-21.9 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 650
Appearances
132
+54.1 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 650
66
-72.3 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 650
Contributions
157
+18.7 vs Commons average
Rank 172 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
£174,781
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£174,781
23 % below average
17
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Transport
77 of 95 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API