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Catherine Atkinson vs Taiwo Owatemi

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

Photograph of Catherine Atkinson
Catherine Atkinson
Lab Derby North
vs
Photograph of Taiwo Owatemi
Taiwo Owatemi
Lab Coventry North West

Voting alignment

Catherine Atkinson and Taiwo Owatemi voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 302 shared comparable votes.

302 same votes 0 different votes 302 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
45 Aye 17 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
45 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
28 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
28 Aye 4 No
20 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 17 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
45 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
28 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
28 Aye 4 No
20 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

79.5%
7% above average
Rank 210 of 649
Participation
74.6%
2% above average
Rank 320 of 649
469
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,237
1,658 eligible divisions
240
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
659
53.3% of votes cast
229
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
578
46.7% of votes cast
15
3.2% of votes cast
Against party
13
1.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

90
+6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 218 of 650
Appearances
5
-78.6 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 650
181
+35.3 vs Commons average
Rank 159 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

£207,563
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,264,566
all imported IPSA years
£207,563
8% below average
Latest expenses
£280,621
24% above average
4
2 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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#3
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
152 of 174 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
46 of 55 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API