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Sarah Owen vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 715 shared comparable votes.

32 same votes 683 different votes 715 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
12 Aye 11 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 6 No
Energy 6% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
36 Aye 46 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 82 shared votes
46 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
26 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
13 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
6 Aye 21 No
Transport 0% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 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 418 of 649
1,109
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
568
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
541
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

60
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 650
Appearances
60
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 650
72
-73.7 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 650
Contributions
66
-79.7 vs Commons average
Rank 460 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
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
17
4 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
197 of 211 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Work / Employment
50 of 67 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API