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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Taiwo Owatemi

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 Taiwo Owatemi
Taiwo Owatemi
Lab Coventry North West

Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Taiwo Owatemi voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 746 shared comparable votes.

27 same votes 719 different votes 746 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
9 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 8 No
Energy 8% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 19 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
38 Aye 25 No
Migration 5% aligned 63 shared votes
22 Aye 41 No
28 Aye 74 No
Tax 2% aligned 102 shared votes
72 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 25 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 36 shared votes
9 Aye 27 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
74.6%
2% above average
Rank 320 of 649
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,237
1,658 eligible divisions
781
46.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
659
53.3% of votes cast
895
53.4% of votes cast
No votes
578
46.7% of votes cast
12
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
13
1.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

60
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 650
Appearances
5
-78.6 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 650
66
-79.7 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 650
Contributions
5
-140.7 vs Commons average
Rank 629 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
£1,264,566
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£280,621
24% above average
17
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Transport
77 of 95 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
152 of 174 votes
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
46 of 55 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
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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
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