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Sarah Owen vs Mr Toby Perkins

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 Toby Perkins
Mr Toby Perkins
Lab Chesterfield

Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Mr Toby Perkins voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 884 shared comparable votes.

882 same votes 2 different votes 884 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
31 Aye 81 No
Migration 100% aligned 112 shared votes
31 Aye 81 No
59 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 102 shared votes
59 Aye 43 No
24 Aye 25 No
Defence 100% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 17 No
Benefits 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
46 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 102 shared votes
45 Aye 57 No
31 Aye 81 No
Migration 100% aligned 112 shared votes
31 Aye 81 No
59 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 102 shared votes
59 Aye 43 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 491 of 647
Participation
73.3 %
same as average
Rank 356 of 647
1,080
1,615 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,709
2,333 eligible divisions
560
51.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
947
55.4 % of votes cast
520
48.1 % of votes cast
No votes
762
44.6 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

54
-12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 650
Appearances
60
-6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 650
67
-51.0 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 650
Contributions
112
-6.0 vs Commons average
Rank 213 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
£2,954,096
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22 % above average
Latest expenses
£306,578
36 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Defence
59 of 64 votes
Defence
51 of 63 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
#3
Migration
141 of 169 votes
Migration
121 of 152 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
50 of 65 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 43 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No rebel
No
European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill: Second Reading 20 Dec 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API