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Sarah Owen vs Wera Hobhouse

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Wera Hobhouse voted the same way 76% of the time, based on 822 shared comparable votes.

621 same votes 201 different votes 822 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
21 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
10 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
21 Aye 73 No
Migration 98% aligned 94 shared votes
23 Aye 71 No
25 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 7 No
Education 35% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
69 Aye 31 No
Tax 41% aligned 100 shared votes
56 Aye 44 No
20 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 42% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
11 Aye 14 No
Benefits 44% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 48% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 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
73.3%
1% above average
Rank 353 of 649
1,109
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,554
2,121 eligible divisions
568
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
844
54.3% of votes cast
541
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
710
45.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 649
Appearances
147
+63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
72
-73.9 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 649
Contributions
209
+63.1 vs Commons average
Rank 128 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
£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22% above average
Latest expenses
£306,189
35% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
50 of 67 votes
#5
Trade
70 of 87 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