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Sarah Owen vs Bridget Phillipson

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 Bridget Phillipson
Bridget Phillipson
Lab Houghton and Sunderland South

Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Bridget Phillipson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 620 shared comparable votes.

620 same votes 0 different votes 620 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
45 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
45 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 39 No
Migration 100% aligned 57 shared votes
18 Aye 39 No
32 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 56 shared votes
32 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
45 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 39 No
Migration 100% aligned 57 shared votes
18 Aye 39 No
32 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 56 shared votes
32 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 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 492 of 647
Participation
56.2 %
17 % below average
Rank 601 of 647
1,069
1,597 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,300
2,315 eligible divisions
557
52.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
783
60.2 % of votes cast
512
47.9 % of votes cast
No votes
517
39.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

48
-13.2 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 647
Appearances
54
-7.2 vs Commons average
Rank 291 of 647
60
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 647
Contributions
496
+386.1 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£998,822
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,958,445
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22 % above average
Latest expenses
£276,480
22 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
13
2 registered categories
0
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
175 of 211 votes
Defence
47 of 58 votes
#2
Education
77 of 95 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
Migration
121 of 152 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
31 of 43 votes
Work / Employment
50 of 65 votes
#5
Trade
60 of 88 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 Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Defence 24 Mar 2026
Defence
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API