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Sarah Pochin vs Taiwo Owatemi

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

Photograph of Sarah Pochin
Sarah Pochin
RUK Runcorn and Helsby
vs
Photograph of Taiwo Owatemi
Taiwo Owatemi
Lab Coventry North West

Voting alignment

Sarah Pochin and Taiwo Owatemi voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 164 shared comparable votes.

16 same votes 148 different votes 164 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
2 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 33% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 6 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 1 No
Transport 9% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 12 No
Housing 6% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
0 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
16 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

57.4%
15% below average
Rank 593 of 649
Participation
74.6%
2% above average
Rank 320 of 649
232
404 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,237
1,658 eligible divisions
105
45.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
659
53.3% of votes cast
127
54.7% of votes cast
No votes
578
46.7% of votes cast
7
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
13
1.1% of votes cast
1 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 2025
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

100
+18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 649
Appearances
5
-76.7 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 649
120
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 263 of 649
Contributions
5
-137.3 vs Commons average
Rank 628 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,264,566
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
Latest expenses
£280,621
24% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Trade
7 of 7 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
#3
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Housing
22 of 25 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
152 of 174 votes
Energy
6 of 8 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
46 of 55 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Second Reading 9 Dec 2025
Transport
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 2 Jul 2025
Aye
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