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Rushanara Ali vs Sarah Olney

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


Voting alignment

Rushanara Ali and Sarah Olney voted the same way 75% of the time, based on 981 shared comparable votes.

735 same votes 246 different votes 981 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
36 Aye 31 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 67 shared votes
36 Aye 31 No
19 Aye 85 No
Migration 97% aligned 104 shared votes
20 Aye 84 No
28 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 21 No
Trade 93% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 92% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 27% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
36 Aye 15 No
Education 33% aligned 51 shared votes
30 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 43% aligned 30 shared votes
5 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 12 No
Housing 53% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
83 Aye 39 No
Tax 57% aligned 122 shared votes
70 Aye 52 No

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

Voting record

76.1 %
3 % above average
Rank 297 of 648
Participation
71.0 %
2 % below average
Rank 415 of 648
1,759
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,132
1,594 eligible divisions
1,008
57.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
606
53.5 % of votes cast
751
42.7 % of votes cast
No votes
526
46.5 % of votes cast
18
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
12
1.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

22
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 560 of 648
Appearances
119
+59.1 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 648
60
-47.9 vs Commons average
Rank 406 of 648
Contributions
140
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
£325,502
44 % above average
Latest expenses
£300,579
33 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
66 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#2
Defence
53 of 58 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
45 of 50 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
Trade
77 of 88 votes
#5
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API