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Sarah Owen

Labour Luton North

Voting record

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Voted for
0
Voted against
5
Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See Sarah Owen’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Every Commons division on file for Sarah Owen — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 1,109 of 1,658 (67%).

11 Sep 2026 Closure motion Ayes 293, Noes 218 Aye
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading Ayes 411, Noes 102 Aye
27 Apr 2026 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion Ayes 279, Noes 176 Aye
10 Mar 2026 Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading Ayes 304, Noes 203 Aye
11 Feb 2026 Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27 Ayes 277, Noes 143 Aye
28 Jan 2026 Draft Medical Devices (Fees Amendment) Regulations 2026 Ayes 294, Noes 108 Aye
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Covers 9 Mar 2016 to 11 Sep 2026 — Parliament’s votes data doesn’t go back further. “No vote recorded” is Parliament’s own list of members with nothing recorded for that division: it can mean absent, deliberately abstaining, paired, or excused, and the data doesn’t say which. Click a division title for Parliament’s own page for it.

Government & opposition roles

Sarah Owen currently holds 1 government or shadow front-bench post. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Currently holds
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Northern Ireland Office) — Northern Ireland Office — since 2026-07-22 Government
Previously held
Shadow Minister (Levelling Up, Housing, Communities and Local Government) — Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (2021-12-04 to 2023-11-15) Shadow
Opposition Whip (Commons) — Whips Office (Commons) (2021-05-14 to 2023-01-01) Shadow

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Sarah Owen →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: easyJet PLC
Address of donor: Hangar 89 London Luton Airport, Luton LU2 9PF
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £495.58 postage for Christmas cards
Date received: 10 December 2025
Date accepted: 10 December 2025
Donor status: company, registration 03959649
(Registered 22 December 2025)

Name of donor: England and Wales Cricket Board Limited
Address of donor: Lords Ground, St Johns Wood, London NW8 8QZ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets to day one of the first women's test match at Lord's Cricket Ground (in hospitality), value £500
Date received: 10 July 2026
Date accepted: 10 July 2026
Donor status: company, registration 03251364
(Registered 24 July 2026)

Name of donor: Govia Thameslink Railway
Address of donor: Second Floor 55 Degrees North, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 6BL
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Train tickets between Luton and London for 16 young people taking part in the Summer School (tickets cost £38 each), value £608
Date received: 2 July 2026
Date accepted: 2 July 2026
Donor status: company, registration 07934306
(Registered 17 August 2026)

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Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Sarah Owen yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Sarah Owen has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£297,233.65 paid out to or for Sarah Owen across 425 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Sarah Owen’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category
Staffing — £239,199.55 (5 claims)
Office Costs — £40,791.14 (343 claims)
Accommodation — £13,296.86 (68 claims)
MP Travel — £2,137.73 (3 claims)
Staff Travel — £1,808.37 (6 claims)
Most recent claims
Stationery & printing — £307.36, 2026-03-27 — AMAZON.CO.UK [***] [200013613-6960]
Cleaning services — £50.00, 2026-03-26 — March constituency office clean
Venue hire, meetings & surgeries — £56.80, 2026-03-24
Translation services - other languages — £73.68, 2026-03-23 — Translation of correspondence to be sent to local stakeholders
Hotel - London — £163.20, 2026-03-23 — BKG HOTEL AT BOOKING.C [200013613-3785]
Equipment - purchase — £53.98, 2026-03-19 — Other office equipment
Utilities — £71.55, 2026-03-18 — Water
Hotel - London — £172.68, 2026-03-16 — BKG HOTEL AT BOOKING.C [200013613-7173]

Every claim on file for Sarah Owen →

Early Day Motions

No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Sarah Owen — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Sarah Owen’s full record.

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Sarah Owen is a listed officer of 5 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Bees, Pollinators, and Invertebrates — Vice Chair
Declared funding: Royal Entomological Society (£15,001-16,500).
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Brain Tumours — Officer
Declared funding: Brain Tumour Research (£6,001-7,500).
All-Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslims — Chair & Registered Contact
Declared funding: Muslim Aid (£25,000); The Lady Fatemah (A.S.) Charitable Trust (£25,000).
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Malaysia — Vice Chair
No declared funding on file.
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pakistan — Vice Chair
No declared funding on file.
Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: Muslim Aid — about £25,000.00 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslims).

Muslim Aid — about £25,000.00, 1 group
The Lady Fatemah (A.S.) Charitable Trust — about £25,000.00, 1 group
Royal Entomological Society — about £15,750.50, 1 group
Brain Tumour Research — about £6,750.50, 1 group

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Sarah Owen personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Sarah Owen is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.

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