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Sarah Owen vs Sir Edward Leigh

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 769 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 749 different votes 769 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 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
17 Aye 7 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 9 No
Benefits 4% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
41 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 95 shared votes
53 Aye 42 No
Most different by topic
76 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 113 shared votes
37 Aye 76 No
23 Aye 74 No
Migration 0% aligned 97 shared votes
74 Aye 23 No
17 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 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
75.5 %
2 % above average
Rank 307 of 647
1,073
1,605 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,753
2,323 eligible divisions
558
52.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
825
47.1 % of votes cast
515
48.0 % of votes cast
No votes
928
52.9 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
43 years, 0 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

48
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 368 of 647
Appearances
157
+93.3 vs Commons average
Rank 21 of 647
61
-52.8 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 647
Contributions
177
+63.2 vs Commons average
Rank 100 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
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Defence
47 of 58 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
#3
Defence
50 of 59 votes
Migration
121 of 152 votes
#4
Energy
54 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
50 of 65 votes
#5
Tax
254 of 318 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege Motion 29 Nov 2022
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API