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Sarah Owen vs Emily Thornberry

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 Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury

Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 731 shared comparable votes.

731 same votes 0 different votes 731 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
28 Aye 68 No
Migration 100% aligned 96 shared votes
28 Aye 68 No
53 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
53 Aye 36 No
33 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 84 shared votes
33 Aye 51 No
22 Aye 20 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 68 No
Migration 100% aligned 96 shared votes
28 Aye 68 No
53 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
53 Aye 36 No
33 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 84 shared votes
33 Aye 51 No
22 Aye 20 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 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
61.5%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 650
1,129
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,480
2,406 eligible divisions
573
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
824
55.7% of votes cast
556
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
656
44.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

68
-25.0 vs Commons average
Rank 378 of 650
Appearances
87
-6.0 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 650
84
-78.0 vs Commons average
Rank 435 of 650
Contributions
129
-33.0 vs Commons average
Rank 299 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
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22% above average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Brexit / EU
168 of 212 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 64 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
NHS / Health
35 of 47 votes
#5
Transport
65 of 96 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
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API