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Alex Burghart vs Taiwo Owatemi

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

Photograph of Alex Burghart
Alex Burghart
Con Brentwood and Ongar
vs
Photograph of Taiwo Owatemi
Taiwo Owatemi
Lab Coventry North West

Voting alignment

Alex Burghart and Taiwo Owatemi voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 928 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 886 different votes 928 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
8 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
67 Aye 34 No
Migration 4% aligned 101 shared votes
30 Aye 71 No
10 Aye 17 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
28 Aye 11 No
Transport 3% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No
32 Aye 88 No
Tax 2% aligned 120 shared votes
86 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 25 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

85.1%
12% above average
Rank 90 of 649
Participation
74.6%
2% above average
Rank 320 of 649
1,805
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,237
1,658 eligible divisions
870
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
659
53.3% of votes cast
935
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
578
46.7% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
13
1.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

80
-2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 261 of 649
Appearances
5
-77.3 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 649
132
-11.5 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 649
Contributions
5
-138.5 vs Commons average
Rank 629 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,264,566
all imported IPSA years
£203,620
10% below average
Latest expenses
£280,621
24% above average
7
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
188 of 188 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Trade
83 of 87 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 63 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
152 of 174 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 49 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
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
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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