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Lisa Smart vs Sarah Owen

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


Voting alignment

Lisa Smart and Sarah Owen voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 273 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 231 different votes 273 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
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 57% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 29% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 4 No
Housing 25% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
35 Aye 24 No
7 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 7 shared votes
0 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 2 No
Transport 0% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 14 No
Education 4% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 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

66.4%
6% below average
Rank 493 of 649
Participation
66.9%
6% below average
Rank 481 of 649
392
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,109
1,658 eligible divisions
216
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
568
51.2% of votes cast
176
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
541
48.8% of votes cast
2
0.5% 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

174
+90.3 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 649
Appearances
60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 649
247
+101.1 vs Commons average
Rank 88 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

£239,061
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£998,822
all imported IPSA years
£239,061
6% above average
Latest expenses
£276,668
22% above average
21
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
3
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
#2
Defence
58 of 70 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#4
Migration
121 of 154 votes
Defence
28 of 34 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