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Sarah Owen vs Mr Louie French

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 Mr Louie French
Mr Louie French
Con Old Bexley and Sidcup

Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Mr Louie French voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 612 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 593 different votes 612 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
2 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 20% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
13 Aye 7 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 7 No
Energy 4% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
37 Aye 39 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 76 shared votes
38 Aye 38 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

66.8 %
6 % below average
Rank 485 of 649
Participation
80.3 %
8 % above average
Rank 193 of 649
1,094
1,638 eligible divisions
Total votes
984
1,226 eligible divisions
565
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
495
50.3 % of votes cast
529
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
489
49.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
4 years, 7 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

64
-11.7 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
Appearances
54
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
77
-57.5 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
Contributions
70
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 414 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
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22 % above average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
12
4 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
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#2
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
Migration
127 of 136 votes
Work / Employment
50 of 65 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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