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Mr Paul Foster vs Taiwo Owatemi

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


Voting alignment

Mr Paul Foster and Taiwo Owatemi voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 356 shared comparable votes.

352 same votes 4 different votes 356 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
57 Aye 20 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
57 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
32 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
32 Aye 4 No
21 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 18 No
Transport 100% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
57 Aye 20 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
57 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
32 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
32 Aye 4 No
21 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 18 No
Transport 100% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

82.1%
10% above average
Rank 148 of 650
Participation
74.4%
2% above average
Rank 322 of 650
518
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,264
1,699 eligible divisions
260
50.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
674
53.3% of votes cast
258
49.8% of votes cast
No votes
590
46.7% of votes cast
8
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
13
1.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

52
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 471 of 650
Appearances
6
-88.5 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 650
90
-74.5 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650
Contributions
6
-158.5 vs Commons average
Rank 629 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
£1,264,566
all imported IPSA years
£194,848
14% below average
Latest expenses
£280,621
24% above average
13
5 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

Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
156 of 178 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Work / Employment
59 of 70 votes
Transport
31 of 32 votes
#5
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API