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Sarah Owen vs Blake Stephenson

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Blake Stephenson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 289 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 282 different votes 289 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
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 7 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
32 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
32 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
32 Aye 32 No
21 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

66.9%
6% below average
Rank 481 of 649
Participation
71.4%
1% below average
Rank 397 of 649
1,109
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
421
590 eligible divisions
568
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
191
45.4% of votes cast
541
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
230
54.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 649
Appearances
85
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 649
72
-73.9 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 649
Contributions
165
+19.1 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£998,822
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£203,629
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22% above average
Latest expenses
£203,629
10% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
3
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
48 of 50 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#2
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
51 of 62 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
Tax
92 of 112 votes
Work / Employment
50 of 67 votes
#5
Work / Employment
31 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API