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Sarah Owen vs Alison McGovern

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 Alison McGovern
Alison McGovern
Lab Birkenhead

Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Alison McGovern voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 889 shared comparable votes.

889 same votes 0 different votes 889 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
34 Aye 86 No
Migration 100% aligned 120 shared votes
34 Aye 86 No
48 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 99 shared votes
48 Aye 51 No
58 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 99 shared votes
58 Aye 41 No
23 Aye 27 No
Defence 100% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 17 No
Benefits 100% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 86 No
Migration 100% aligned 120 shared votes
34 Aye 86 No
48 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 99 shared votes
48 Aye 51 No
58 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 99 shared votes
58 Aye 41 No
23 Aye 27 No
Defence 100% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 17 No
Benefits 100% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 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
70.0%
3% below average
Rank 432 of 649
1,109
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,663
2,376 eligible divisions
568
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
922
55.4% of votes cast
541
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
741
44.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

61
-21.1 vs Commons average
Rank 363 of 649
Appearances
64
-18.1 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
73
-69.9 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 649
Contributions
431
+288.1 vs Commons average
Rank 29 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
£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22% above average
Latest expenses
£303,304
34% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
50 of 67 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

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
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