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Sarah Owen vs Steve Witherden

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Steve Witherden voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 348 shared comparable votes.

346 same votes 2 different votes 348 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
41 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
41 Aye 29 No
15 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 6 No
Benefits 88% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
41 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
41 Aye 29 No
15 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

67.1%
5% below average
Rank 473 of 650
Participation
80.3%
8% above average
Rank 190 of 650
1,140
1,699 eligible divisions
Total votes
507
631 eligible divisions
581
51.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
261
51.5% of votes cast
559
49.0% of votes cast
No votes
246
48.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

68
-26.5 vs Commons average
Rank 382 of 650
Appearances
63
-31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 650
84
-80.6 vs Commons average
Rank 441 of 650
Contributions
81
-83.6 vs Commons average
Rank 450 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
£141,271
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22% above average
Latest expenses
£141,271
38% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 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
60 of 63 votes
#1
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 64 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
NHS / Health
35 of 47 votes
#5
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API