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Sarah Owen vs Gareth Thomas

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 Gareth Thomas
Gareth Thomas
Lab Harrow West

Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 826 shared comparable votes.

826 same votes 0 different votes 826 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 76 No
Migration 100% aligned 109 shared votes
33 Aye 76 No
67 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 105 shared votes
67 Aye 38 No
42 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 93 shared votes
42 Aye 51 No
19 Aye 27 No
Defence 100% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 76 No
Migration 100% aligned 109 shared votes
33 Aye 76 No
67 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 105 shared votes
67 Aye 38 No
42 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 93 shared votes
42 Aye 51 No
19 Aye 27 No
Defence 100% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 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

66.9%
5% below average
Rank 475 of 650
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 485 of 650
1,129
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,600
2,406 eligible divisions
573
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
901
56.3% of votes cast
556
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
699
43.7% 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
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

68
-25.0 vs Commons average
Rank 378 of 650
Appearances
52
-41.0 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 650
84
-78.0 vs Commons average
Rank 435 of 650
Contributions
56
-106.0 vs Commons average
Rank 512 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
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
14
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
180 of 212 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 64 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 82 votes
NHS / Health
35 of 47 votes
#5
NHS / Health
41 of 56 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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