Oliver Dowden’s voting in Parliament

Oliver Dowden is a Conservative MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Conservative MPs.

This is a random selection of Oliver Dowden’s votes.

• Voted against a wholly elected House of Lords Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2016.
• Generally voted for an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 3 votes for, 1 vote against, 1 absence, between 2016–2020.
• Voted a mixture of for and against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 1 vote for, 1 vote against, 1 absence, between 2016–2020. Absences for this policy may be affected COVID-19 restrictions.
• Consistently voted for replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes 4 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2016.
• Generally voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, 1 absence, between 2015–2020.
• Voted against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2016.

Last updated: 18 May 2022. Learn more about our voting records and what they mean.

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Recent appearances

• Written Ministerial Statements — Cabinet Office: Government signing the Hillsborough Charter 6 Dec 2023

  In April 2016, the then Home Secretary commissioned Bishop James Jones to produce a report on the experiences of the Hillsborough families, to ensure their perspective was not lost. The Bishop’s report was published in November 2017. The Bishop identified 25 points of learning in his report. A key recommendation among these was the creation of a Charter for Families Bereaved through Public...

• Risk and Resilience: Annual Statement 4 Dec 2023

  I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his words about my longevity—I very much intend for that to continue, and I will take his comments in the spirit in which I am sure he meant them. He asked about a range of issues and I will seek to address as many as I can, but I will be happy to follow up if I miss any. First, the right hon. Gentleman talked about the range of risks that we face as a...

• Risk and Resilience: Annual Statement 4 Dec 2023

  My right hon. Friend tempts me to talk about the origins of covid. I will simply highlight that the World Health Organisation continues its investigation, and we are very much supportive of that. As for what we are doing differently, the key thing is to move from the establishment of the disease to the vaccine with the 100-day taskforce. We have also overhauled our governance structures. For...

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Profile

Conservative MP for Hertsmere

Entered the House of Commons on 8 May 2015 — General election

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• https://facebook.com/oliverdowdenhertsmere

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Oliver Dowden campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department for Communities and Local Government
• Department for Levelling Up
• Housing and Communities
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• Department of Health
• Department for Transport
• Railways: Elstree
• Railways: Radlett
• Green Belt
• Museums and Galleries: Collections
• Shops: Wheelchairs

Currently held offices

• Deputy Prime Minister (since 21 Apr 2023)
• Secretary of State in the Cabinet Office (since 9 Feb 2023)
• Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (since 25 Oct 2022)

Other offices held in the past

• Minister without Portfolio (16 Sep 2021 to 24 Jun 2022)
• Co-Chair, Conservative Party (15 Sep 2021 to 24 Jun 2022)
• The Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (13 Feb 2020 to 15 Sep 2021)
• Paymaster General (HM Treasury) (24 Jul 2019 to 13 Feb 2020)
• Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (24 Jul 2019 to 13 Feb 2020)
• The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office ( 9 Jan 2018 to 24 Jul 2019)
• Member, Petitions Committee (20 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee ( 6 Jul 2015 to 31 Oct 2016)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• James Clappison
• Cecil Parkinson

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Energy BILL Committee (7 out of 14)