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Graham Stringer vs Sarah Owen

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

Photograph of Graham Stringer
Graham Stringer
Lab Blackley and Middleton South
vs
Photograph of Sarah Owen
Sarah Owen
Lab Luton North

Voting alignment

Graham Stringer and Sarah Owen voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 702 shared comparable votes.

690 same votes 12 different votes 702 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
54 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 98 shared votes
54 Aye 44 No
25 Aye 70 No
Migration 100% aligned 95 shared votes
25 Aye 70 No
22 Aye 8 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 13 No
Trade 100% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 5 No
Benefits 79% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 15 No
Defence 89% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 94% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
45 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 102 shared votes
46 Aye 56 No
54 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 98 shared votes
54 Aye 44 No

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

Voting record

58.0 %
15 % below average
Rank 594 of 648
Participation
67.1 %
6 % below average
Rank 491 of 648
1,342
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,069
1,594 eligible divisions
676
50.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
557
52.1 % of votes cast
666
49.6 % of votes cast
No votes
512
47.9 % of votes cast
112
8.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

47
-13.4 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 648
Appearances
42
-18.4 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 648
33
-75.9 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 648
Contributions
51
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,011,354
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£998,822
all imported IPSA years
£160,334
29 % below average
Latest expenses
£276,668
22 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
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

Migration
121 of 169 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
#2
Defence
47 of 58 votes
Transport
62 of 87 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
121 of 152 votes
Housing
44 of 66 votes
#5
Work / Employment
50 of 65 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
No rebel
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No rebel
Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill Committee: Amendment 4 30 Jan 2023
Work / Employment
Aye
No rebel
Health Protection (Entry to venues etc) SI No 1416 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
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