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Sarah Owen vs Alberto Costa

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Alberto Costa voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 868 shared comparable votes.

33 same votes 835 different votes 868 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
14 Aye 10 No
Benefits 8% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 8 No
Energy 4% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 No
14 Aye 17 No
Trade 0% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

66.9%
6% below average
Rank 481 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,109
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
568
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
541
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

60
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 650
Appearances
23
-60.6 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 650
72
-73.7 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 650
Contributions
24
-121.7 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£998,822
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
3
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

Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Work / Employment
50 of 67 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API