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Sarah Owen vs Rebecca Paul

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 Rebecca Paul
Rebecca Paul
Con Reigate

Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Rebecca Paul voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 240 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 235 different votes 240 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 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 3 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
1 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
31 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
25 Aye 31 No
13 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
25 Aye 31 No
13 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 3 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 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 488 of 647
Participation
78.6 %
5 % above average
Rank 244 of 647
1,073
1,605 eligible divisions
Total votes
422
537 eligible divisions
558
52.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
185
43.8 % of votes cast
515
48.0 % of votes cast
No votes
237
56.2 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

48
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 368 of 647
Appearances
68
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 212 of 647
61
-52.8 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 647
Contributions
104
-9.8 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 647

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£998,822
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£124,847
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22 % above average
Latest expenses
£124,847
45 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
47 of 58 votes
#2
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Migration
121 of 152 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
Work / Employment
50 of 65 votes
#5
Housing
27 of 31 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
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
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