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Sarah Owen vs Patrick Spencer

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Patrick Spencer voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 267 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 261 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 7 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
23 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
34 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
34 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 11 shared votes
4 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 481 of 649
Participation
70.3%
2% below average
Rank 424 of 649
1,109
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
415
590 eligible divisions
568
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
193
46.5% of votes cast
541
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
222
53.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 649
Appearances
10
-73.7 vs Commons average
Rank 620 of 649
72
-73.9 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 649
Contributions
10
-135.9 vs Commons average
Rank 624 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
£159,842
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22% above average
Latest expenses
£159,842
29% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
4 registered categories
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#2
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
#3
Housing
28 of 32 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Work / Employment
50 of 67 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API