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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 1,024 shared comparable votes.

818 same votes 206 different votes 1,024 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 91 No
Migration 99% aligned 110 shared votes
18 Aye 92 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
20 Aye 21 No
Trade 93% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 4 No
Energy 92% aligned 25 shared votes
21 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 34% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
32 Aye 18 No
Education 44% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 51% aligned 39 shared votes
6 Aye 33 No
80 Aye 39 No
Tax 58% aligned 119 shared votes
72 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

80.3 %
7 % above average
Rank 202 of 647
Participation
71.0 %
2 % below average
Rank 413 of 647
1,865
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,140
1,605 eligible divisions
1,027
55.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
613
53.8 % of votes cast
838
44.9 % of votes cast
No votes
527
46.2 % of votes cast
40
2.1 % of votes cast
Against party
12
1.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

73
+9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 647
Appearances
122
+58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 47 of 647
82
-31.8 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 647
Contributions
152
+38.2 vs Commons average
Rank 125 of 647

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
7
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

Work / Employment
70 of 75 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
#2
Defence
53 of 58 votes
Defence
54 of 59 votes
#3
Trade
45 of 50 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#5
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API