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Alison McGovern vs Sarah Olney

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Alison McGovern and Sarah Olney voted the same way 77% of the time, based on 910 shared comparable votes.

702 same votes 208 different votes 910 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
17 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
30 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 56 shared votes
29 Aye 27 No
16 Aye 18 No
Trade 97% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 90 No
Migration 96% aligned 110 shared votes
20 Aye 90 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 19% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
28 Aye 18 No
Education 35% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 21 No
Defence 53% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
65 Aye 37 No
Tax 57% aligned 102 shared votes
65 Aye 37 No
24 Aye 16 No
Benefits 63% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

70.0%
3% below average
Rank 432 of 649
Participation
70.2%
2% below average
Rank 427 of 649
1,663
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,164
1,658 eligible divisions
922
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
629
54.0% of votes cast
741
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
535
46.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

63
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 649
Appearances
146
+62.3 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 649
430
+284.1 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 649
Contributions
193
+47.1 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
£303,304
34% above average
Latest expenses
£300,579
33% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
57 of 70 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#5
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API