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Ian Roome vs Sarah Owen

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


Voting alignment

Ian Roome and Sarah Owen voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 213 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 177 different votes 213 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
3 Aye 2 No
Housing 60% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 57% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
6 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 33% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
5 Aye 2 No
Transport 0% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 10 No
Defence 5% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 12 No
Benefits 5% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 5% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

54.2%
18% below average
Rank 610 of 649
Participation
66.9%
6% below average
Rank 481 of 649
320
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,109
1,658 eligible divisions
178
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
568
51.2% of votes cast
142
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
541
48.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

91
+7.3 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 649
Appearances
60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 649
117
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 649
Contributions
72
-73.9 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£156,328
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£998,822
all imported IPSA years
£156,328
31% below average
Latest expenses
£276,668
22% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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

Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#2
Defence
58 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
Trade
5 of 7 votes
#4
Migration
121 of 154 votes
Education
35 of 50 votes
#5
Work / Employment
50 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API