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Sarah Owen vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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 Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 895 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 876 different votes 895 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
12 Aye 10 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 8 No
Energy 4% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
52 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 103 shared votes
50 Aye 53 No
69 Aye 42 No
Tax 1% aligned 111 shared votes
41 Aye 70 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 49 shared votes
27 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
9 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 488 of 647
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 647
1,073
1,605 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,062
2,323 eligible divisions
558
52.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
951
46.1 % of votes cast
515
48.0 % of votes cast
No votes
1,111
53.9 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

48
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 368 of 647
Appearances
117
+53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 647
61
-52.8 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 647
Contributions
125
+11.2 vs Commons average
Rank 174 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
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
43 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 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
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Defence
47 of 58 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Migration
121 of 152 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Work / Employment
50 of 65 votes
#5
Defence
56 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
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
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
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
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 7 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API