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Sarah Owen vs Mr Will Forster

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 267 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 225 different votes 267 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
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 2 No
Energy 50% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 38% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 6 No
Housing 33% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
25 Aye 36 No
2 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
13 Aye 11 No
Education 4% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 10 No
Benefits 5% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

66.8%
6% below average
Rank 484 of 649
Participation
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 321 of 649
1,101
1,648 eligible divisions
Total votes
433
580 eligible divisions
566
51.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
229
52.9% of votes cast
535
48.6% of votes cast
No votes
204
47.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9% of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

61
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 354 of 649
Appearances
173
+94.3 vs Commons average
Rank 28 of 649
73
-64.1 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 649
Contributions
216
+78.9 vs Commons average
Rank 107 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
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22% above average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
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

Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
#1
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
50 of 67 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

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