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Mike Wood vs Taiwo Owatemi

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

Photograph of Mike Wood
Mike Wood
Con Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
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Photograph of Taiwo Owatemi
Taiwo Owatemi
Lab Coventry North West

Voting alignment

Mike Wood and Taiwo Owatemi voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 900 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 856 different votes 900 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
9 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 18 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
64 Aye 28 No
Migration 4% aligned 92 shared votes
24 Aye 68 No
10 Aye 18 No
Energy 4% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
28 Aye 10 No
Transport 3% aligned 38 shared votes
11 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 20 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 25 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 19 No
Trade 0% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

86.2%
14% above average
Rank 72 of 649
Participation
74.6%
2% above average
Rank 320 of 649
2,049
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,237
1,658 eligible divisions
986
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
659
53.3% of votes cast
1,063
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
578
46.7% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
13
1.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

110
+27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 649
Appearances
5
-77.3 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 649
145
+1.5 vs Commons average
Rank 210 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

£2,040,385
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,264,566
all imported IPSA years
£275,907
22% above average
Latest expenses
£280,621
24% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
5
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
67 of 69 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Migration
162 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#3
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Trade
84 of 91 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
152 of 174 votes
Housing
61 of 67 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
46 of 55 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
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