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Dame Siobhain McDonagh vs Sarah Olney

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


Voting alignment

Dame Siobhain McDonagh and Sarah Olney voted the same way 72% of the time, based on 677 shared comparable votes.

486 same votes 191 different votes 677 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
12 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 95% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 36 No
Migration 94% aligned 49 shared votes
14 Aye 35 No
13 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 92% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
23 Aye 11 No
Brexit / EU 91% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 19% aligned 21 shared votes
2 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 29% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
26 Aye 16 No
Education 33% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
53 Aye 32 No
Tax 41% aligned 85 shared votes
47 Aye 38 No
6 Aye 4 No
Energy 50% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

55.2 %
18 % below average
Rank 604 of 649
Participation
70.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,303
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,158
1,643 eligible divisions
747
57.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
625
54.0 % of votes cast
556
42.7 % of votes cast
No votes
533
46.0 % of votes cast
19
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
12
1.0 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

36
-41.9 vs Commons average
Rank 510 of 650
Appearances
144
+66.1 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 650
31
-107.3 vs Commons average
Rank 563 of 650
Contributions
191
+52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,918,854
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
£292,669
29 % above average
Latest expenses
£300,579
33 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
9
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

Brexit / EU
147 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Transport
64 of 95 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
Education
64 of 96 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Foreign Affairs
45 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
57 of 70 votes
Trade
59 of 91 votes
#5
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API