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Sarah Owen vs Rebecca Smith

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Rebecca Smith voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 243 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 235 different votes 243 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
3 Aye 3 No
Benefits 33% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 22% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 11 shared votes
7 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 481 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 419 of 649
1,109
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
416
590 eligible divisions
568
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
196
47.1% of votes cast
541
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
220
52.9% 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
150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 649
72
-73.9 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 649
Contributions
268
+122.1 vs Commons average
Rank 76 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
£213,132
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22% above average
Latest expenses
£213,132
6% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
4 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
58 of 70 votes
#2
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Work / Employment
50 of 67 votes
#5
Tax
88 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API