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Sarah Owen vs Josh MacAlister

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 Josh MacAlister
Josh MacAlister
Lab Whitehaven and Workington

Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Josh MacAlister voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 329 shared comparable votes.

329 same votes 0 different votes 329 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
37 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
37 Aye 34 No
16 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
10 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
37 Aye 34 No
16 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
10 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 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
82.0%
9% above average
Rank 158 of 649
1,109
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
484
590 eligible divisions
568
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
243
50.2% of votes cast
541
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
241
49.8% 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
88
+4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 650
72
-73.7 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 650
Contributions
231
+85.3 vs Commons average
Rank 102 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
£223,568
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22% above average
Latest expenses
£223,568
1% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
4 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
48 of 50 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
#3
Education
49 of 50 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Work / Employment
50 of 67 votes
#5
Migration
12 of 13 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
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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API