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Sarah Owen vs Nick Smith

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 Nick Smith
Nick Smith
Lab Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney

Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Nick Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 886 shared comparable votes.

885 same votes 1 different votes 886 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
75 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 114 shared votes
75 Aye 39 No
44 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 98 shared votes
44 Aye 54 No
26 Aye 64 No
Migration 100% aligned 90 shared votes
26 Aye 64 No
25 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
75 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 114 shared votes
75 Aye 39 No
44 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 98 shared votes
44 Aye 54 No
26 Aye 64 No
Migration 100% aligned 90 shared votes
26 Aye 64 No
25 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 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
74.6 %
2 % above average
Rank 328 of 647
1,080
1,615 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,740
2,333 eligible divisions
560
51.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
998
57.4 % of votes cast
520
48.1 % of votes cast
No votes
742
42.6 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % 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
65
-1.4 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 650
67
-51.0 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 650
Contributions
96
-22.0 vs Commons average
Rank 267 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
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22 % above average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
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
Education
88 of 95 votes
Defence
51 of 63 votes
#2
Work / Employment
69 of 75 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
#3
Housing
58 of 66 votes
Migration
121 of 152 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
50 of 65 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 13 Jul 2021
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
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