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Sarah Owen vs Michael Payne

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 Michael Payne
Michael Payne
Lab Gedling

Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Michael Payne voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 313 shared comparable votes.

313 same votes 0 different votes 313 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
38 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
38 Aye 35 No
15 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
38 Aye 35 No
15 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 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
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 276 of 649
1,109
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
452
590 eligible divisions
568
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
233
51.5% of votes cast
541
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
219
48.5% 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
24
-59.6 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 650
72
-73.7 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 650
Contributions
27
-118.7 vs Commons average
Rank 589 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
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22% above average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
10
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
#3
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
Education
48 of 50 votes
Work / Employment
50 of 67 votes
#5
Work / Employment
37 of 39 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
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API