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Sarah Owen vs Chris Elmore

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 Elmore
Chris Elmore
Lab Bridgend

Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Chris Elmore voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 927 shared comparable votes.

927 same votes 0 different votes 927 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 87 No
Migration 100% aligned 120 shared votes
33 Aye 87 No
67 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 108 shared votes
67 Aye 41 No
43 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 97 shared votes
43 Aye 54 No
26 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 47 shared votes
26 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 87 No
Migration 100% aligned 120 shared votes
33 Aye 87 No
67 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 108 shared votes
67 Aye 41 No
43 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 97 shared votes
43 Aye 54 No
26 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 47 shared votes
26 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

67.1 %
6 % below average
Rank 491 of 648
Participation
78.4 %
5 % above average
Rank 248 of 648
1,069
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,773
2,261 eligible divisions
557
52.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
981
55.3 % of votes cast
512
47.9 % of votes cast
No votes
792
44.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
10 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2016

Debates

44
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 648
Appearances
20
-40.7 vs Commons average
Rank 571 of 648
54
-55.3 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 648
Contributions
69
-40.3 vs Commons average
Rank 354 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£998,822
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,290,713
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22 % above average
Latest expenses
£343,439
52 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
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
Housing
58 of 61 votes
Defence
47 of 58 votes
#2
Migration
149 of 163 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
#3
Defence
53 of 59 votes
Migration
121 of 152 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
50 of 65 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Defence 24 Mar 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition Day: Oil and gas 24 Mar 2026
Energy
No
No
Opposition day: Student loans 18 Mar 2026
No
No
Opposition day: Fuel duty 18 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API