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Phil Brickell vs Sarah Owen

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

Photograph of Phil Brickell
Phil Brickell
Lab Bolton West
vs
Photograph of Sarah Owen
Sarah Owen
Lab Luton North

Voting alignment

Phil Brickell and Sarah Owen voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 299 shared comparable votes.

299 same votes 0 different votes 299 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
30 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 61 shared votes
30 Aye 31 No
14 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 8 No
Benefits 100% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 61 shared votes
30 Aye 31 No
14 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 8 No
Benefits 100% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

79.2%
7% above average
Rank 219 of 649
Participation
66.9%
6% below average
Rank 481 of 649
467
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,109
1,658 eligible divisions
228
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
568
51.2% of votes cast
239
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
541
48.8% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

123
+39.4 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 650
Appearances
60
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 650
154
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 200 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

£179,925
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£998,822
all imported IPSA years
£179,925
20% below average
Latest expenses
£276,668
22% above average
2
2 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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Defence
58 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
Crime / Justice
59 of 62 votes
#4
Migration
121 of 154 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#5
Work / Employment
50 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API