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Mark Garnier vs Sarah Owen

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

Photograph of Mark Garnier
Mark Garnier
Con Wyre Forest
vs
Photograph of Sarah Owen
Sarah Owen
Lab Luton North

Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Sarah Owen voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 890 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 852 different votes 890 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
11 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 23 No
Benefits 7% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
55 Aye 41 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 96 shared votes
39 Aye 57 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 21 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
26 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 16 No
Trade 0% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

83.5%
11% above average
Rank 121 of 649
Participation
66.9%
6% below average
Rank 481 of 649
1,985
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,109
1,658 eligible divisions
970
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
568
51.2% of votes cast
1,015
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
541
48.8% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

76
-7.6 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 650
Appearances
60
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 650
123
-22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 263 of 650
Contributions
72
-73.7 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£998,822
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15% above average
Latest expenses
£276,668
22% above average
22
7 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
4
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

Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Defence
58 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#4
Migration
121 of 154 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#5
Work / Employment
50 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
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
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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