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Sarah Owen vs Seema Malhotra

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 Seema Malhotra
Seema Malhotra
Lab Feltham and Heston

Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 812 shared comparable votes.

810 same votes 2 different votes 812 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
33 Aye 79 No
Migration 100% aligned 112 shared votes
33 Aye 79 No
66 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 103 shared votes
66 Aye 37 No
31 Aye 41 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 72 shared votes
31 Aye 41 No
24 Aye 26 No
Defence 100% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 79 No
Migration 100% aligned 112 shared votes
33 Aye 79 No
66 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 103 shared votes
66 Aye 37 No
31 Aye 41 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 72 shared votes
31 Aye 41 No
24 Aye 26 No
Defence 100% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 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
68.1%
4% below average
Rank 459 of 649
1,109
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,619
2,376 eligible divisions
568
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
56.0% of votes cast
541
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
712
44.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.8% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
14 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

61
-21.1 vs Commons average
Rank 363 of 649
Appearances
59
-23.1 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 649
73
-69.9 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 649
Contributions
331
+188.1 vs Commons average
Rank 50 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
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22% above average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
183 of 211 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
50 of 67 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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