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Sarah Owen vs Melanie Ward
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sarah Owen and Melanie Ward voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 356 shared comparable votes.
353 same votes
3 different votes
356 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
67.1%
5% below average
Participation
76.4%
4% above average
1,140
1,699 eligible divisions
Total votes
482
631 eligible divisions
581
51.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
49.6% of votes cast
559
49.0% of votes cast
No votes
243
50.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
14
2.9% 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
Appearances
77
-17.5 vs Commons average
84
-80.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
121
-43.5 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£998,822
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22% above average
Latest expenses
£195,558
14% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
2 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API