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Sarah Owen vs Andrew Western

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 Andrew Western
Andrew Western
Lab Stretford and Urmston

Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Andrew Western voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 488 shared comparable votes.

488 same votes 0 different votes 488 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 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
30 Aye 35 No
16 Aye 44 No
Migration 100% aligned 60 shared votes
16 Aye 44 No
22 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
12 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
30 Aye 35 No
16 Aye 44 No
Migration 100% aligned 60 shared votes
16 Aye 44 No
22 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
12 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

66.9%
5% below average
Rank 475 of 650
Participation
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 344 of 650
1,129
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
736
1,003 eligible divisions
573
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
357
48.5% of votes cast
556
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
379
51.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
3 years, 10 months
Since 15 Dec 2022

Debates

68
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 382 of 650
Appearances
53
-40.9 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 650
84
-79.5 vs Commons average
Rank 435 of 650
Contributions
320
+156.5 vs Commons average
Rank 70 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
£577,200
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22% above average
Latest expenses
£255,721
13% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
1 registered category
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
60 of 63 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
17 of 17 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 19 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 64 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
39 of 44 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
NHS / Health
35 of 47 votes
#5
Education
50 of 58 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API