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Sarah Owen vs Chris McDonald

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Chris McDonald voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 322 shared comparable votes.

319 same votes 3 different votes 322 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
42 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
42 Aye 29 No
10 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
42 Aye 29 No
10 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

67.1%
5% below average
Rank 473 of 650
Participation
77.7%
5% above average
Rank 253 of 650
1,140
1,699 eligible divisions
Total votes
490
631 eligible divisions
581
51.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
241
49.2% of votes cast
559
49.0% of votes cast
No votes
249
50.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.4% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

68
-26.5 vs Commons average
Rank 382 of 650
Appearances
95
+0.5 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 650
84
-80.6 vs Commons average
Rank 441 of 650
Contributions
415
+250.4 vs Commons average
Rank 39 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
£217,932
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22% above average
Latest expenses
£217,932
4% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
60 of 63 votes
#1
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#2
Defence
31 of 34 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 64 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
NHS / Health
35 of 47 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API