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Sarah Owen vs Jeff Smith

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 Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington

Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Jeff Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 877 shared comparable votes.

877 same votes 0 different votes 877 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
65 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 109 shared votes
65 Aye 44 No
25 Aye 79 No
Migration 100% aligned 104 shared votes
25 Aye 79 No
43 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 99 shared votes
43 Aye 56 No
21 Aye 25 No
Defence 100% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
65 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 109 shared votes
65 Aye 44 No
25 Aye 79 No
Migration 100% aligned 104 shared votes
25 Aye 79 No
43 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 99 shared votes
43 Aye 56 No
21 Aye 25 No
Defence 100% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 43 shared votes
21 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
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 203 of 650
1,129
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,915
2,406 eligible divisions
573
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,040
54.3% of votes cast
556
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
875
45.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

68
-24.5 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 650
Appearances
55
-37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 650
84
-76.9 vs Commons average
Rank 435 of 650
Contributions
71
-89.9 vs Commons average
Rank 470 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
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22% above average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
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
60 of 63 votes
#1
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 64 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
NHS / Health
35 of 47 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 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: 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
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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