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Kirsteen Sullivan vs Taiwo Owatemi

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

Photograph of Kirsteen Sullivan
Kirsteen Sullivan
Lab Bathgate and Linlithgow
vs
Photograph of Taiwo Owatemi
Taiwo Owatemi
Lab Coventry North West

Voting alignment

Kirsteen Sullivan and Taiwo Owatemi voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 272 shared comparable votes.

271 same votes 1 different votes 272 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
47 Aye 13 No
Tax 100% aligned 60 shared votes
47 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
20 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 8 No
Benefits 92% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
47 Aye 13 No
Tax 100% aligned 60 shared votes
47 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

71.5%
1% below average
Rank 390 of 649
Participation
74.6%
2% above average
Rank 320 of 649
422
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,237
1,658 eligible divisions
225
53.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
659
53.3% of votes cast
197
46.7% of votes cast
No votes
578
46.7% of votes cast
16
3.8% 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

77
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650
Appearances
5
-78.7 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 650
93
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 650
Contributions
5
-140.9 vs Commons average
Rank 629 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£198,590
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,264,566
all imported IPSA years
£198,590
12% below average
Latest expenses
£280,621
24% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
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

Housing
31 of 32 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#3
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
152 of 174 votes
Crime / Justice
51 of 62 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
46 of 55 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
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