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Sarah Owen vs John Lamont

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 John Lamont
John Lamont
Con Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and John Lamont voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 867 shared comparable votes.

24 same votes 843 different votes 867 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
10 Aye 11 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 5% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 8 No
Energy 4% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
75 Aye 46 No
Tax 2% aligned 121 shared votes
43 Aye 78 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 17 No
Trade 0% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 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 488 of 647
Participation
85.1 %
12 % above average
Rank 101 of 647
1,073
1,605 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,760
2,068 eligible divisions
558
52.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
849
48.2 % of votes cast
515
48.0 % of votes cast
No votes
911
51.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

48
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 368 of 647
Appearances
121
+57.3 vs Commons average
Rank 50 of 647
61
-52.8 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 647
Contributions
189
+75.2 vs Commons average
Rank 89 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£998,822
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,045,465
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22 % above average
Latest expenses
£334,363
48 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
2 registered categories
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
Trade
80 of 84 votes
Defence
47 of 58 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
Migration
121 of 152 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 161 votes
Work / Employment
50 of 65 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 193 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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