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Sarah Owen vs Sir John Hayes

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 John Hayes
Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings

Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 860 shared comparable votes.

26 same votes 834 different votes 860 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
6 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 16 No
Trade 4% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
21 Aye 8 No
Benefits 3% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
48 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 106 shared votes
58 Aye 48 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 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
82.2 %
9 % above average
Rank 165 of 647
1,073
1,605 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,909
2,323 eligible divisions
558
52.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
902
47.2 % of votes cast
515
48.0 % of votes cast
No votes
1,007
52.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3 % 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
96
+32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 647
61
-52.8 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 647
Contributions
167
+53.2 vs Commons average
Rank 110 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
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22 % above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
3 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
202 of 211 votes
Defence
47 of 58 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
Migration
121 of 152 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 66 votes
Work / Employment
50 of 65 votes
#5
Defence
53 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
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
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Where they voted the same
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 9 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 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 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
Aye
Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]: Second Reading 12 Oct 2022
Aye
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