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Sir Oliver Dowden vs Yuan Yang

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 Yuan Yang
Yuan Yang
Lab Earley and Woodley

Voting alignment

Sir Oliver Dowden and Yuan Yang voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 321 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 311 different votes 321 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 8 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
30 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
41 Aye 30 No
13 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
41 Aye 30 No
13 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 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
81.6 %
9 % above average
Rank 172 of 649
1,665
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
469
575 eligible divisions
772
46.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
225
48.0 % of votes cast
893
53.6 % of votes cast
No votes
244
52.0 % of votes cast
10
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4 % of votes cast
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

57
-21.1 vs Commons average
Rank 380 of 649
Appearances
40
-38.1 vs Commons average
Rank 496 of 649
67
-71.6 vs Commons average
Rank 435 of 649
Contributions
50
-88.6 vs Commons average
Rank 499 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
£213,042
all imported IPSA years
£226,269
same as average
Latest expenses
£213,042
6 % below average
16
5 registered categories
Registered interests
14
6 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
Transport
29 of 29 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Transport
77 of 95 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 24 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
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
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
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
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