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Sarah Owen vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 849 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 813 different votes 849 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
13 Aye 13 No
Trade 15% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
33 Aye 79 No
Migration 6% aligned 112 shared votes
74 Aye 38 No
20 Aye 12 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
9 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 49 shared votes
27 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 21 No
Transport 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 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
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
1,109
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
568
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
541
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

60
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 650
Appearances
99
+15.4 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 650
72
-73.7 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 650
Contributions
171
+25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 170 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
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
208 of 211 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
50 of 67 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

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