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Sarah Owen vs Catherine West

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 Catherine West
Catherine West
Lab Hornsey and Friern Barnet

Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Catherine West voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 911 shared comparable votes.

911 same votes 0 different votes 911 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
33 Aye 85 No
Migration 100% aligned 118 shared votes
33 Aye 85 No
60 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 108 shared votes
60 Aye 48 No
48 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 103 shared votes
48 Aye 55 No
28 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 51 shared votes
28 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 85 No
Migration 100% aligned 118 shared votes
33 Aye 85 No
60 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 108 shared votes
60 Aye 48 No
48 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 103 shared votes
48 Aye 55 No
28 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 51 shared votes
28 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 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
73.8%
1% above average
Rank 333 of 650
1,129
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,776
2,406 eligible divisions
573
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
959
54.0% of votes cast
556
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
817
46.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

69
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 650
Appearances
55
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 650
85
-76.6 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 650
Contributions
66
-95.6 vs Commons average
Rank 487 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
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22% above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
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
60 of 63 votes
#1
Education
86 of 96 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 64 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
NHS / Health
35 of 47 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
70 of 82 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: New Clause 21 19 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
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