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Sarah Owen vs Yvette Cooper

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 Yvette Cooper
Yvette Cooper
Lab Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley

Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 737 shared comparable votes.

737 same votes 0 different votes 737 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 86 No
Migration 100% aligned 119 shared votes
33 Aye 86 No
41 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 91 shared votes
41 Aye 50 No
46 Aye 14 No
Tax 100% aligned 60 shared votes
46 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 86 No
Migration 100% aligned 119 shared votes
33 Aye 86 No
41 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 91 shared votes
41 Aye 50 No
46 Aye 14 No
Tax 100% aligned 60 shared votes
46 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 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
62.8%
10% below average
Rank 544 of 649
1,109
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
568
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
855
57.3% of votes cast
541
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
638
42.7% 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
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

61
-21.1 vs Commons average
Rank 363 of 649
Appearances
74
-8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 649
73
-69.9 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 649
Contributions
1,112
+969.1 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£998,822
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22% above average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
50 of 67 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 91 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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API