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Sarah Owen vs Mr Peter Bedford

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Mr Peter Bedford voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 261 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 254 different votes 261 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
12 Aye 4 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
2 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
29 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
28 Aye 29 No
18 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
28 Aye 29 No
18 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 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
73.4 %
same as average
Rank 357 of 647
1,073
1,605 eligible divisions
Total votes
394
537 eligible divisions
558
52.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
173
43.9 % of votes cast
515
48.0 % of votes cast
No votes
221
56.1 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
13
3.3 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

48
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 368 of 647
Appearances
65
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 223 of 647
61
-52.8 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 647
Contributions
85
-28.8 vs Commons average
Rank 300 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
£238,962
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22 % above average
Latest expenses
£238,962
6 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
47 of 58 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
#3
Defence
19 of 22 votes
Migration
121 of 152 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
51 of 61 votes
Work / Employment
50 of 65 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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