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Sarah Owen vs Alex Burghart

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

Photograph of Sarah Owen
Sarah Owen
Lab Luton North
vs
Photograph of Alex Burghart
Alex Burghart
Con Brentwood and Ongar

Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Alex Burghart voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 909 shared comparable votes.

29 same votes 880 different votes 909 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
12 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 5% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
75 Aye 45 No
Tax 3% aligned 120 shared votes
42 Aye 78 No
34 Aye 85 No
Migration 2% aligned 119 shared votes
83 Aye 36 No
50 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 1% aligned 107 shared votes
56 Aye 51 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 49 shared votes
27 Aye 22 No
26 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
13 Aye 26 No
15 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 17 No
Trade 0% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

66.8 %
6 % below average
Rank 485 of 649
Participation
85.3 %
13 % above average
Rank 91 of 649
1,094
1,638 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,792
2,101 eligible divisions
565
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
863
48.2 % of votes cast
529
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
929
51.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

64
-11.7 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
Appearances
75
-0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 649
77
-57.5 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
Contributions
130
-4.5 vs Commons average
Rank 211 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£998,822
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22 % above average
Latest expenses
£203,620
10 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
3
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

Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 188 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#2
Trade
81 of 85 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
#3
Migration
154 of 163 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 40 votes
Work / Employment
50 of 65 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 63 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
Aye
Privilege Motion 29 Nov 2022
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 28 Oct 2022
Tax
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API