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Sarah Owen vs Hilary Benn

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 Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South

Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Hilary Benn voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 953 shared comparable votes.

953 same votes 0 different votes 953 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
34 Aye 85 No
Migration 100% aligned 119 shared votes
34 Aye 85 No
70 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 111 shared votes
70 Aye 41 No
50 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 108 shared votes
50 Aye 58 No
21 Aye 29 No
Defence 100% aligned 50 shared votes
21 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 85 No
Migration 100% aligned 119 shared votes
34 Aye 85 No
70 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 111 shared votes
70 Aye 41 No
50 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 108 shared votes
50 Aye 58 No
21 Aye 29 No
Defence 100% aligned 50 shared votes
21 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No

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

Voting record

66.9%
6% below average
Rank 481 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,109
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
568
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
541
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
72
-73.9 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 649
Contributions
462
+316.1 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£998,822
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
50 of 67 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 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
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