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Sarah Owen vs Liz Kendall

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 Liz Kendall
Liz Kendall
Lab Leicester West

Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Liz Kendall voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 798 shared comparable votes.

798 same votes 0 different votes 798 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 56 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 95 shared votes
39 Aye 56 No
33 Aye 61 No
Migration 100% aligned 94 shared votes
33 Aye 61 No
55 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
55 Aye 37 No
28 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 95 shared votes
39 Aye 56 No
33 Aye 61 No
Migration 100% aligned 94 shared votes
33 Aye 61 No
55 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
55 Aye 37 No
28 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 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
64.2%
8% below average
Rank 526 of 650
1,129
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,544
2,406 eligible divisions
573
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
879
56.9% of votes cast
556
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
665
43.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

68
-25.0 vs Commons average
Rank 378 of 650
Appearances
35
-58.0 vs Commons average
Rank 553 of 650
84
-78.0 vs Commons average
Rank 435 of 650
Contributions
483
+321.0 vs Commons average
Rank 27 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
£2,620,750
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22% above average
Latest expenses
£249,722
10% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
70 of 82 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 64 votes
#3
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
Benefits
62 of 81 votes
NHS / Health
35 of 47 votes
#5
Migration
126 of 171 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
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
No
No
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over extension motion 13 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
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