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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Sir Bernard Jenkin

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,493 shared comparable votes.

1,467 same votes 26 different votes 1,493 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
75 Aye 123 No
Tax 100% aligned 198 shared votes
75 Aye 123 No
55 Aye 37 No
Migration 100% aligned 92 shared votes
55 Aye 37 No
36 Aye 33 No
Transport 100% aligned 69 shared votes
36 Aye 33 No
21 Aye 46 No
Education 100% aligned 67 shared votes
21 Aye 46 No
26 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 56 shared votes
26 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 31 No
Trade 94% aligned 65 shared votes
32 Aye 33 No
68 Aye 125 No
Brexit / EU 94% aligned 193 shared votes
63 Aye 130 No
21 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 97% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
71 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 143 shared votes
70 Aye 73 No
75 Aye 123 No
Tax 100% aligned 198 shared votes
75 Aye 123 No

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

Voting record

70.4%
2% below average
Rank 415 of 650
Participation
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 205 of 650
1,701
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,924
2,417 eligible divisions
795
46.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.4% of votes cast
906
53.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,012
52.6% of votes cast
12
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.1% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
34 years, 7 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

58
-36.5 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 650
Appearances
130
+35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 127 of 650
64
-100.6 vs Commons average
Rank 496 of 650
Contributions
228
+63.4 vs Commons average
Rank 132 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
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15% above average
18
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 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
Brexit / EU
205 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
#2
Migration
158 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Transport
78 of 98 votes
#4
Trade
72 of 94 votes
#5
Trade
84 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API