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Sarah Owen vs Mr Paul Foster

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Mr Paul Foster voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 367 shared comparable votes.

365 same votes 2 different votes 367 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
39 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
39 Aye 26 No
14 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
39 Aye 26 No
14 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

67.1%
5% below average
Rank 473 of 650
Participation
82.1%
10% above average
Rank 148 of 650
1,140
1,699 eligible divisions
Total votes
518
631 eligible divisions
581
51.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
260
50.2% of votes cast
559
49.0% of votes cast
No votes
258
49.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
8
1.5% 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
Rank 382 of 650
Appearances
52
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 471 of 650
84
-80.5 vs Commons average
Rank 441 of 650
Contributions
90
-74.5 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£998,822
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£194,848
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22% above average
Latest expenses
£194,848
14% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
13
5 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
60 of 63 votes
#1
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 64 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
35 of 47 votes
#5
Transport
31 of 32 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API