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Sarah Owen vs Stephen Doughty

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 Stephen Doughty
Stephen Doughty
Lab Cardiff South and Penarth

Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Stephen Doughty voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 773 shared comparable votes.

770 same votes 3 different votes 773 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 67 No
Migration 100% aligned 100 shared votes
33 Aye 67 No
60 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
60 Aye 34 No
37 Aye 46 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 83 shared votes
37 Aye 46 No
20 Aye 22 No
Defence 100% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 67 No
Migration 100% aligned 100 shared votes
33 Aye 67 No
60 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
60 Aye 34 No
37 Aye 46 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 83 shared votes
37 Aye 46 No
20 Aye 22 No
Defence 100% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

66.9%
5% below average
Rank 475 of 650
Participation
66.3%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 650
1,129
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,596
2,406 eligible divisions
573
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
913
57.2% of votes cast
556
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
683
42.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
19
1.2% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

68
-25.0 vs Commons average
Rank 378 of 650
Appearances
93
0.0 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 650
84
-78.0 vs Commons average
Rank 435 of 650
Contributions
404
+242.0 vs Commons average
Rank 41 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
£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22% above average
Latest expenses
£294,894
30% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 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
60 of 63 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
178 of 212 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#2
Defence
55 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 64 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
63 of 82 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
NHS / Health
35 of 47 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 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
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
No
No
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API