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Sarah Owen vs Lucy Powell

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 Lucy Powell
Lucy Powell
Lab Manchester Central

Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Lucy Powell voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 828 shared comparable votes.

828 same votes 0 different votes 828 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 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 107 shared votes
68 Aye 39 No
40 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 93 shared votes
40 Aye 53 No
23 Aye 67 No
Migration 100% aligned 90 shared votes
23 Aye 67 No
25 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
68 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 107 shared votes
68 Aye 39 No
40 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 93 shared votes
40 Aye 53 No
23 Aye 67 No
Migration 100% aligned 90 shared votes
23 Aye 67 No
25 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 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
65.9%
7% below average
Rank 503 of 649
1,109
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
568
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
879
56.1% of votes cast
541
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
687
43.9% 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
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

61
-21.1 vs Commons average
Rank 363 of 649
Appearances
12
-70.1 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 649
73
-69.9 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 649
Contributions
105
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 319 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
£2,427,436
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22% above average
Latest expenses
£250,940
11% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
14
5 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
Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#2
Education
82 of 96 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
50 of 67 votes
#5
Defence
51 of 71 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