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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 747 shared comparable votes.

747 same votes 0 different votes 747 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
42 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 95 shared votes
42 Aye 53 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
22 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 86 No
Migration 100% aligned 119 shared votes
33 Aye 86 No
42 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 95 shared votes
42 Aye 53 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
22 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 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
62.8%
10% below average
Rank 547 of 650
1,129
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,510
2,406 eligible divisions
573
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
864
57.2% of votes cast
556
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
646
42.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

68
-25.0 vs Commons average
Rank 378 of 650
Appearances
93
0.0 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 650
84
-78.0 vs Commons average
Rank 435 of 650
Contributions
1,161
+999.0 vs Commons average
Rank 3 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
£2,905,570
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
60 of 63 votes
#1
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
177 of 212 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 64 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 49 votes
NHS / Health
35 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
71 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

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
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over extension motion 13 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 18 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: New Clause 25 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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