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Sarah Owen vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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 Nicholas Dakin
Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe

Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 341 shared comparable votes.

341 same votes 0 different votes 341 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
26 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
26 Aye 33 No
13 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
26 Aye 33 No
13 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 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
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 142 of 649
1,109
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
590 eligible divisions
568
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
49.0% of votes cast
541
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
249
51.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 650
Appearances
7
-76.6 vs Commons average
Rank 630 of 650
72
-73.7 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 650
Contributions
7
-138.7 vs Commons average
Rank 627 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
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Work / Employment
50 of 67 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API