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Mr Paul Foster vs Sarah Owen

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


Voting alignment

Mr Paul Foster and Sarah Owen voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 325 shared comparable votes.

324 same votes 1 different votes 325 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
32 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 57 shared votes
32 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 57 shared votes
32 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

81.0 %
8 % above average
Rank 184 of 649
Participation
66.8 %
6 % below average
Rank 486 of 649
466
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,097
1,643 eligible divisions
237
50.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
565
51.5 % of votes cast
229
49.1 % of votes cast
No votes
532
48.5 % of votes cast
7
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

35
-42.9 vs Commons average
Rank 518 of 650
Appearances
63
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 650
57
-81.3 vs Commons average
Rank 464 of 650
Contributions
76
-62.3 vs Commons average
Rank 402 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£194,848
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£998,822
all imported IPSA years
£194,848
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£276,668
22 % above average
12
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Defence
58 of 70 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Migration
121 of 154 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#5
Work / Employment
50 of 67 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API