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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 738 shared comparable votes.

563 same votes 175 different votes 738 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
12 Aye 16 No
Trade 100% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 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 29 No
Tax 49% aligned 101 shared votes
58 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 488 of 647
Participation
67.5 %
6 % below average
Rank 482 of 647
1,073
1,605 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,567
2,323 eligible divisions
558
52.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
896
57.2 % of votes cast
515
48.0 % of votes cast
No votes
671
42.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
25 years, 0 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

48
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 368 of 647
Appearances
58
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 280 of 647
61
-52.8 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 647
Contributions
88
-25.8 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 647

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
1
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
47 of 58 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 45 votes
Migration
121 of 152 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 88 votes
Work / Employment
50 of 65 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 229 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API