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Sarah Owen vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Bob Blackman voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 946 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 908 different votes 946 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
18 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 17 No
Trade 12% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 11 No
Housing 8% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
22 Aye 10 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
8 Aye 24 No
9 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 49 shared votes
27 Aye 22 No
26 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 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
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
1,109
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
568
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
541
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

60
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 650
Appearances
152
+68.4 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 650
72
-73.7 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 650
Contributions
180
+34.3 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£998,822
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
50 of 67 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API