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Sarah Owen vs Esther McVey

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Esther McVey voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 687 shared comparable votes.

33 same votes 654 different votes 687 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
5 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 50% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 8 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
41 Aye 47 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 88 shared votes
49 Aye 39 No
5 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 5% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
31 Aye 52 No
24 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 21 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 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
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
1,109
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
568
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
541
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 649
Appearances
110
+26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 649
72
-73.9 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 649
Contributions
161
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 182 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
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
3 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
62 of 69 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Work / Employment
50 of 67 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

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