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John McDonnell vs Sarah Olney

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

Photograph of John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington
vs
Photograph of Sarah Olney
Sarah Olney
LD Richmond Park

Voting alignment

John McDonnell and Sarah Olney voted the same way 77% of the time, based on 1,055 shared comparable votes.

813 same votes 242 different votes 1,055 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
21 Aye 93 No
Migration 99% aligned 114 shared votes
20 Aye 94 No
38 Aye 30 No
Brexit / EU 96% aligned 68 shared votes
35 Aye 33 No
23 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 93% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 19 No
Trade 90% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 35% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
32 Aye 17 No
Education 49% aligned 49 shared votes
29 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 50% aligned 38 shared votes
6 Aye 32 No
83 Aye 40 No
Tax 56% aligned 123 shared votes
71 Aye 52 No
21 Aye 12 No
Housing 61% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

79.1 %
6 % above average
Rank 222 of 649
Participation
70.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,867
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,158
1,643 eligible divisions
1,017
54.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
625
54.0 % of votes cast
850
45.5 % of votes cast
No votes
533
46.0 % of votes cast
24
1.3 % 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

115
+37.1 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 650
Appearances
144
+66.1 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 650
146
+7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 189 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

£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
£269,647
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£300,579
33 % above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
6
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
63 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
57 of 70 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#5
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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