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Richard Burgon vs Sarah Olney

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


Voting alignment

Richard Burgon and Sarah Olney voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 1,040 shared comparable votes.

828 same votes 212 different votes 1,040 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
19 Aye 92 No
Migration 99% aligned 111 shared votes
18 Aye 93 No
38 Aye 30 No
Brexit / EU 96% aligned 68 shared votes
35 Aye 33 No
24 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 93% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
49 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 92% aligned 110 shared votes
52 Aye 58 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 34% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
33 Aye 18 No
Education 45% aligned 51 shared votes
33 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 51% aligned 39 shared votes
6 Aye 33 No
80 Aye 41 No
Tax 57% aligned 121 shared votes
74 Aye 47 No
27 Aye 21 No
Defence 63% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

80.1%
7% above average
Rank 194 of 649
Participation
70.2%
2% below average
Rank 427 of 649
1,903
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,164
1,658 eligible divisions
1,042
54.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
629
54.0% of votes cast
861
45.2% of votes cast
No votes
535
46.0% of votes cast
45
2.4% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

85
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
Appearances
146
+62.3 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 649
97
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 345 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

£2,305,544
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
£301,574
33% above average
Latest expenses
£300,579
33% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
8
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

Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
57 of 70 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#5
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

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