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Sarah Owen vs Bill Esterson

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 Bill Esterson
Bill Esterson
Lab Sefton Central

Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Bill Esterson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 894 shared comparable votes.

894 same votes 0 different votes 894 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
76 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 120 shared votes
76 Aye 44 No
46 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 101 shared votes
46 Aye 55 No
32 Aye 68 No
Migration 100% aligned 100 shared votes
32 Aye 68 No
26 Aye 25 No
Defence 100% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
76 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 120 shared votes
76 Aye 44 No
46 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 101 shared votes
46 Aye 55 No
32 Aye 68 No
Migration 100% aligned 100 shared votes
32 Aye 68 No
26 Aye 25 No
Defence 100% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 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
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
1,109
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
568
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
55.9% of votes cast
541
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
744
44.1% 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

60
-22.2 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649
Appearances
55
-27.2 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 649
72
-71.3 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 649
Contributions
78
-65.3 vs Commons average
Rank 407 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
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22% above average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
50 of 56 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
50 of 67 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 77 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
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Voting source Commons Votes API