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Sarah Owen vs Chris Bloore

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 Chris Bloore
Chris Bloore
Lab Redditch

Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Chris Bloore voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 304 shared comparable votes.

302 same votes 2 different votes 304 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
20 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 48 shared votes
20 Aye 28 No
14 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
10 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 7 No
Benefits 89% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
20 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 48 shared votes
20 Aye 28 No
14 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
10 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

67.1%
5% below average
Rank 473 of 650
Participation
71.9%
same as average
Rank 383 of 650
1,140
1,699 eligible divisions
Total votes
454
631 eligible divisions
581
51.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
48.5% of votes cast
559
49.0% of votes cast
No votes
234
51.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

68
-26.5 vs Commons average
Rank 382 of 650
Appearances
112
+17.5 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 650
84
-80.6 vs Commons average
Rank 441 of 650
Contributions
127
-37.6 vs Commons average
Rank 304 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
£167,691
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22% above average
Latest expenses
£167,691
26% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#2
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 64 votes
#3
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
Trade
9 of 10 votes
NHS / Health
35 of 47 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
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
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
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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