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Sarah Owen vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 445 shared comparable votes.

444 same votes 1 different votes 445 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
35 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
35 Aye 28 No
17 Aye 29 No
Migration 100% aligned 46 shared votes
17 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
35 Aye 28 No
17 Aye 29 No
Migration 100% aligned 46 shared votes
17 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 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 487 of 650
Participation
65.3 %
7 % below average
Rank 512 of 650
1,088
1,626 eligible divisions
Total votes
689
1,055 eligible divisions
562
51.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
378
54.9 % of votes cast
526
48.3 % of votes cast
No votes
311
45.1 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
4 years, 0 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

61
-7.1 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 650
Appearances
83
+14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 650
74
-47.0 vs Commons average
Rank 368 of 650
Contributions
258
+137.0 vs Commons average
Rank 58 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
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22 % above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 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
48 of 50 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Defence
57 of 69 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
#3
Transport
26 of 31 votes
Migration
121 of 152 votes
#4
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Work / Employment
50 of 65 votes
#5
Housing
34 of 43 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API