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Sarah Owen vs Valerie Vaz

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 895 shared comparable votes.

892 same votes 3 different votes 895 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
76 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 120 shared votes
76 Aye 44 No
33 Aye 82 No
Migration 100% aligned 115 shared votes
33 Aye 82 No
46 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 99 shared votes
46 Aye 53 No
22 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 25 No
Defence 100% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
76 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 120 shared votes
76 Aye 44 No
33 Aye 82 No
Migration 100% aligned 115 shared votes
33 Aye 82 No
46 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 99 shared votes
46 Aye 53 No
22 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 25 No
Defence 100% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 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
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 649
1,109
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
568
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
541
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
797
43.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

61
-21.1 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
Appearances
29
-53.1 vs Commons average
Rank 560 of 649
73
-69.8 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 649
Contributions
14
-128.8 vs Commons average
Rank 616 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
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22% above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#2
Education
91 of 96 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
50 of 67 votes
#5
Transport
80 of 95 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API