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Sarah Russell vs Taiwo Owatemi

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Russell and Taiwo Owatemi voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 346 shared comparable votes.

334 same votes 12 different votes 346 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
52 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
52 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
30 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
30 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
52 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
30 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
30 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

82.5%
10% above average
Rank 142 of 650
Participation
74.3%
2% above average
Rank 323 of 650
525
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,266
1,704 eligible divisions
268
51.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
676
53.4% of votes cast
257
49.0% of votes cast
No votes
590
46.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
13
1.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 11 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

97
0.0 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 650
Appearances
8
-89.0 vs Commons average
Rank 629 of 650
139
-30.2 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 650
Contributions
8
-161.2 vs Commons average
Rank 626 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£179,204
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,264,566
all imported IPSA years
£179,204
21% below average
Latest expenses
£280,621
24% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
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

#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#2
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
156 of 178 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#4
Work / Employment
59 of 70 votes
Education
49 of 50 votes
#5
Housing
46 of 55 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API