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Steve Darling vs Sarah Owen

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


Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Sarah Owen voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 256 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 217 different votes 256 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
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 57% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
18 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 21% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
3 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
37 Aye 26 No
5 Aye 2 No
Transport 0% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 12 No
Benefits 5% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 9 No
Education 5% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

67.5%
5% below average
Rank 472 of 649
Participation
66.9%
6% below average
Rank 481 of 649
398
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,109
1,658 eligible divisions
217
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
568
51.2% of votes cast
181
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
541
48.8% of votes cast
7
1.8% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

142
+58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 649
Appearances
60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 649
168
+22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 173 of 649
Contributions
72
-73.9 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£235,469
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£998,822
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£276,668
22% above average
8
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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

Housing
27 of 32 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
#2
Defence
58 of 70 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Migration
121 of 154 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#5
Work / Employment
50 of 67 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