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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 910 shared comparable votes.

908 same votes 2 different votes 910 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 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 105 shared votes
59 Aye 46 No
25 Aye 30 No
Defence 100% aligned 55 shared votes
25 Aye 30 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 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 105 shared votes
59 Aye 46 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 347 of 649
1,109
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
568
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
962
55.1% of votes cast
541
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
783
44.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

61
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
Appearances
102
+20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 649
73
-69.3 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 649
Contributions
159
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 176 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
£2,954,096
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22% above average
Latest expenses
£306,578
36% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
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
65 of 71 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
50 of 67 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 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
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
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
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