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Sarah Owen vs Dr Ellie Chowns

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Dr Ellie Chowns voted the same way 64% of the time, based on 295 shared comparable votes.

189 same votes 106 different votes 295 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
1 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
19 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 88% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 6 No
Energy 83% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 6 No
Education 76% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 41% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 6 No
Benefits 53% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 9 No
Housing 54% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 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
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 197 of 649
1,109
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
590 eligible divisions
568
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
264
55.9% of votes cast
541
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
208
44.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 649
Appearances
225
+142.7 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 649
72
-71.5 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 649
Contributions
336
+192.5 vs Commons average
Rank 48 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
£176,497
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22% above average
Latest expenses
£176,497
22% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Work / Employment
50 of 67 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API