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Sarah Owen vs Jayne Kirkham

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 Jayne Kirkham
Jayne Kirkham
Lab Truro and Falmouth

Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Jayne Kirkham voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 338 shared comparable votes.

338 same votes 0 different votes 338 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
31 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
31 Aye 32 No
13 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
31 Aye 32 No
13 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 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
82.5%
10% above average
Rank 144 of 649
1,109
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
487
590 eligible divisions
568
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
245
50.3% of votes cast
541
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
242
49.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 650
Appearances
219
+135.4 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 650
72
-73.7 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 650
Contributions
266
+120.3 vs Commons average
Rank 79 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
£143,536
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22% above average
Latest expenses
£143,536
37% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
48 of 50 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Work / Employment
50 of 67 votes
#5
Benefits
29 of 30 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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Voting source Commons Votes API