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Taiwo Owatemi vs Chris Ward

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


Voting alignment

Taiwo Owatemi and Chris Ward voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 306 shared comparable votes.

304 same votes 2 different votes 306 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
48 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
48 Aye 23 No
31 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
31 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 17 No
Transport 100% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
48 Aye 23 No
31 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
31 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 17 No
Transport 100% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

74.4%
2% above average
Rank 322 of 650
Participation
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 650
1,264
1,699 eligible divisions
Total votes
457
631 eligible divisions
674
53.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
241
52.7% of votes cast
590
46.7% of votes cast
No votes
216
47.3% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

6
-88.5 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 650
Appearances
81
-13.5 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 650
6
-158.6 vs Commons average
Rank 629 of 650
Contributions
236
+71.4 vs Commons average
Rank 126 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,264,566
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£203,111
all imported IPSA years
£280,621
24% above average
Latest expenses
£203,111
10% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
#2
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
Crime / Justice
156 of 178 votes
#3
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Work / Employment
59 of 70 votes
#4
Transport
30 of 32 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API