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Sarah Owen vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 76% of the time, based on 753 shared comparable votes.

569 same votes 184 different votes 753 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
30 Aye 60 No
Migration 100% aligned 90 shared votes
30 Aye 60 No
15 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 16 No
Trade 97% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 90% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 13 No
Education 32% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 34% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
72 Aye 32 No
Tax 47% aligned 104 shared votes
61 Aye 43 No
8 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 57% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 64% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 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
66.8%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 649
1,109
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
568
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
57.5% of votes cast
541
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 649
Appearances
77
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 649
72
-73.9 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 649
Contributions
119
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 277 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
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22% above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
13
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
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Work / Employment
50 of 67 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 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