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Sarah Owen vs Michael Shanks

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 Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Michael Shanks voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 341 shared comparable votes.

340 same votes 1 different votes 341 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
35 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
35 Aye 30 No
21 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 19 No
Migration 100% aligned 22 shared votes
3 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
35 Aye 30 No
21 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 19 No
Migration 100% aligned 22 shared votes
3 Aye 19 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
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
1,109
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
568
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
541
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
3 years, 0 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

60
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 650
Appearances
100
+16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 650
72
-73.7 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 650
Contributions
408
+262.3 vs Commons average
Rank 34 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
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
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
13 of 14 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Work / Employment
50 of 67 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
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
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