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Sarah Owen vs Jim McMahon

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 McMahon
Jim McMahon
Lab Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Jim McMahon voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 863 shared comparable votes.

862 same votes 1 different votes 863 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
68 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 110 shared votes
68 Aye 42 No
26 Aye 79 No
Migration 100% aligned 105 shared votes
26 Aye 79 No
41 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 95 shared votes
41 Aye 54 No
22 Aye 21 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
68 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 110 shared votes
68 Aye 42 No
26 Aye 79 No
Migration 100% aligned 105 shared votes
26 Aye 79 No
41 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 95 shared votes
41 Aye 54 No
22 Aye 21 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 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 491 of 647
Participation
71.5 %
1 % below average
Rank 395 of 647
1,080
1,615 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,668
2,333 eligible divisions
560
51.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
939
56.3 % of votes cast
520
48.1 % of votes cast
No votes
729
43.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
10 years, 6 months
Since 3 Dec 2015

Debates

54
-12.2 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 650
Appearances
71
+4.8 vs Commons average
Rank 208 of 650
67
-50.8 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 650
Contributions
117
-0.8 vs Commons average
Rank 200 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
£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22 % above average
Latest expenses
£264,252
17 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
64 of 69 votes
Defence
51 of 63 votes
#2
Housing
55 of 66 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
#3
Education
79 of 95 votes
Migration
121 of 152 votes
#4
Migration
137 of 169 votes
Work / Employment
50 of 65 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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