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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 785 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 764 different votes 785 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
4 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 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
17 Aye 9 No
Energy 4% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
41 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 95 shared votes
53 Aye 42 No
Most different by topic
76 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 115 shared votes
39 Aye 76 No
23 Aye 74 No
Migration 0% aligned 97 shared votes
74 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
17 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 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 481 of 649
Participation
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 314 of 649
1,109
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
568
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
838
47.1% of votes cast
541
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
941
52.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 649
Appearances
169
+86.7 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 649
72
-71.5 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 649
Contributions
189
+45.5 vs Commons average
Rank 145 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
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22% above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
3
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
58 of 70 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 322 votes
Work / Employment
50 of 67 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege Motion 29 Nov 2022
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API