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Sarah Owen vs Jim Dickson

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 Jim Dickson
Jim Dickson
Lab Dartford

Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Jim Dickson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 355 shared comparable votes.

355 same votes 0 different votes 355 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
39 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
39 Aye 34 No
15 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
39 Aye 34 No
15 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

66.8 %
6 % below average
Rank 484 of 649
Participation
89.5 %
17 % above average
Rank 23 of 649
1,097
1,641 eligible divisions
Total votes
513
573 eligible divisions
565
51.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
248
48.3 % of votes cast
532
48.5 % of votes cast
No votes
265
51.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
-15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 649
Appearances
125
+48.0 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 649
75
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 649
Contributions
138
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 198 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
£172,033
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22 % above average
Latest expenses
£172,033
24 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Work / Employment
50 of 65 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
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API