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Sarah Olney vs Alison McGovern

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Alison McGovern voted the same way 77% of the time, based on 910 shared comparable votes.

702 same votes 208 different votes 910 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
17 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
29 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 56 shared votes
30 Aye 26 No
15 Aye 19 No
Trade 97% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 90 No
Migration 96% aligned 110 shared votes
20 Aye 90 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 19% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
28 Aye 18 No
Education 35% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
24 Aye 19 No
Defence 53% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
65 Aye 37 No
Tax 57% aligned 102 shared votes
65 Aye 37 No
27 Aye 13 No
Benefits 63% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

70.2%
2% below average
Rank 427 of 649
Participation
70.0%
3% below average
Rank 432 of 649
1,164
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,663
2,376 eligible divisions
629
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
922
55.4% of votes cast
535
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
741
44.6% of votes cast
14
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

146
+63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
Appearances
63
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 353 of 649
193
+49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
Contributions
430
+286.5 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33% above average
Latest expenses
£303,304
34% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
47 of 50 votes
#1
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Migration
145 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

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