Sarah Owen, MP for Luton North
Sarah Owen has been an MP since 2019. Currently: Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Northern Ireland Office).
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Northern Ireland Office) (Northern Ireland Office) | 2026 to now | Now |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Levelling Up, Housing, Communities and Local Government) (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) | 2021 to 2023 | |
| Opposition Whip (Commons) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2021 to 2023 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 2024 to 2026 | |
| Women and Equalities Committee | 2024 to 2026 | |
| Public Accounts Committee | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Media Bill | 2023 | |
| Online Safety (Re-committed Clauses and Schedules) Bill | 2022 | |
| Social Housing (Regulation) Bill [HL] | 2022 | |
| Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill | 2021 | |
| Health and Care Bill | 2021 |
Show the other 4
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| National Insurance Contributions Bill | 2021 | |
| Compensation (London Capital & Finance plc and Fraud Compensation Fund) Bill | 2021 | |
| Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee | 2021 to 2022 | |
| Health and Social Care Committee | 2020 to 2022 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Sarah Owen has 3 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Govia Thameslink Railway - £608.00 | 17 Aug 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | England and Wales Cricket Board Limited - £500.00 | 24 Jul 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | easyJet PLC - £495.58 | 22 Dec 2025 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Sarah Owen asked 40 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
137 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Sarah Owen represents Luton North. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Sarah Owen won with 38% of the votes, and Jilleane Brown (Conservative) came second with 18%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Owen | Labour | 14,677 | 37.9% |
| Jilleane Brown | Conservative | 7,167 | 18.5% |
| James Fletcher | Reform UK | 4,666 | 12.0% |
| Toqueer Shah | Independent | 4,393 | 11.3% |
| Waheed Akbar | Workers Party of Britain | 3,914 | 10.1% |
| Ejel Khan | Green Party | 1,940 | 5.0% |
| Sean Prendergast | Liberal Democrat | 1,890 | 4.9% |
| Paul Trathen | Social Democratic Party | 98 | 0.3% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Sarah Owen took part in 162 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Sarah Owen voted the same way as their party in 160 of the 160 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | For | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | For | Free vote |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 99% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this