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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Samantha Dixon

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 Samantha Dixon
Samantha Dixon
Lab Chester North and Neston

Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Samantha Dixon voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 375 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 354 different votes 375 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 9 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 13 No
Migration 11% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 7% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
30 Aye 28 No
Tax 2% aligned 58 shared votes
27 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 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
73.6%
1% above average
Rank 341 of 649
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
735
999 eligible divisions
781
46.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
361
49.1% of votes cast
895
53.4% of votes cast
No votes
374
50.9% of votes cast
12
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
3 years, 9 months
Since 1 Dec 2022

Debates

60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
Appearances
74
-8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 649
66
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 458 of 649
Contributions
287
+143.5 vs Commons average
Rank 62 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
£667,714
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£311,379
38% above average
16
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Brexit / EU
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
45 of 50 votes
Transport
77 of 95 votes
#4
Trade
20 of 23 votes
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
83 of 97 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
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