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Sarah Owen vs Valerie Vaz

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 Valerie Vaz
Valerie Vaz
Lab Walsall and Bloxwich

Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 909 shared comparable votes.

906 same votes 3 different votes 909 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
76 Aye 45 No
Tax 100% aligned 121 shared votes
76 Aye 45 No
33 Aye 82 No
Migration 100% aligned 115 shared votes
33 Aye 82 No
47 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 103 shared votes
47 Aye 56 No
22 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
28 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
76 Aye 45 No
Tax 100% aligned 121 shared votes
76 Aye 45 No
33 Aye 82 No
Migration 100% aligned 115 shared votes
33 Aye 82 No
47 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 103 shared votes
47 Aye 56 No
22 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
28 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 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
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 272 of 650
1,129
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,843
2,406 eligible divisions
573
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,035
56.2% of votes cast
556
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
808
43.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

69
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 650
Appearances
33
-59.9 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 650
85
-76.6 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 650
Contributions
14
-147.6 vs Commons average
Rank 619 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
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22% above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Education
91 of 96 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 64 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
NHS / Health
35 of 47 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 96 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
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
No
No
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over extension motion 13 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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