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Sarah Owen vs John Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and John Cooper voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 283 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 276 different votes 283 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
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 7 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
37 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
31 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
31 Aye 37 No
21 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 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
72.2%
same as average
Rank 374 of 649
1,109
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
426
590 eligible divisions
568
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
180
42.3% of votes cast
541
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
246
57.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 649
Appearances
98
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 649
72
-73.9 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 649
Contributions
115
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 288 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
£154,450
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22% above average
Latest expenses
£154,450
32% 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
48 of 50 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
#3
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
Work / Employment
50 of 67 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

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