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Patrick Spencer vs Sarah Owen

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


Voting alignment

Patrick Spencer and Sarah Owen voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 267 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 261 different votes 267 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
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 14 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
19 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
34 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
23 Aye 34 No
16 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
23 Aye 34 No
16 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
4 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

70.3%
2% below average
Rank 424 of 649
Participation
66.9%
6% below average
Rank 481 of 649
415
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,109
1,658 eligible divisions
193
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
568
51.2% of votes cast
222
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
541
48.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

8
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 649
8
-135.5 vs Commons average
Rank 625 of 649
Contributions
72
-71.5 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£159,842
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£998,822
all imported IPSA years
£159,842
29% below average
Latest expenses
£276,668
22% above average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
0
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#2
Defence
58 of 70 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Migration
121 of 154 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#5
Work / Employment
50 of 67 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API