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Sarah Owen vs Dr Scott Arthur

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Dr Scott Arthur voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 352 shared comparable votes.

349 same votes 3 different votes 352 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
40 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
40 Aye 34 No
15 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
40 Aye 34 No
15 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 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
83.0%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 650
1,140
1,699 eligible divisions
Total votes
524
631 eligible divisions
581
51.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
257
49.0% of votes cast
559
49.0% of votes cast
No votes
267
51.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.3% 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
196
+101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 650
84
-80.5 vs Commons average
Rank 441 of 650
Contributions
324
+159.5 vs Commons average
Rank 70 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
£173,383
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22% above average
Latest expenses
£173,383
23% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
2 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
60 of 63 votes
#1
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 64 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
NHS / Health
35 of 47 votes
#5
Defence
31 of 34 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API