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Sarah Owen vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

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 Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Con Wetherby and Easingwold

Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 745 shared comparable votes.

28 same votes 717 different votes 745 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
11 Aye 10 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
44 Aye 44 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 88 shared votes
43 Aye 45 No
29 Aye 50 No
Migration 1% aligned 79 shared votes
49 Aye 30 No
61 Aye 31 No
Tax 1% aligned 92 shared votes
30 Aye 62 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 49 shared votes
27 Aye 22 No
25 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
13 Aye 25 No
16 Aye 17 No
Trade 0% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 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
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
1,109
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
568
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
790
45.9% of votes cast
541
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
930
54.1% 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, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

60
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 650
Appearances
146
+62.4 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 650
72
-73.7 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 650
Contributions
182
+36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 158 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
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22% above average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
202 of 211 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
50 of 67 votes
#5
Defence
65 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Privilege Motion 19 Jun 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
Aye
Public Order Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 18 Oct 2022
Crime / Justice
Aye
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