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Sarah Olney vs Apsana Begum

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Apsana Begum voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 862 shared comparable votes.

697 same votes 165 different votes 862 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
20 Aye 70 No
Migration 100% aligned 90 shared votes
20 Aye 70 No
23 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No
16 Aye 7 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 3 No
Energy 95% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
24 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 94% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 14 No
Education 35% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 38% aligned 26 shared votes
21 Aye 5 No
71 Aye 46 No
Tax 56% aligned 117 shared votes
79 Aye 38 No
6 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 57% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 18 No
Defence 67% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

70.7 %
2 % below average
Rank 418 of 650
Participation
69.5 %
3 % below average
Rank 442 of 650
1,149
1,626 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,130
1,626 eligible divisions
620
54.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
594
52.6 % of votes cast
529
46.0 % of votes cast
No votes
536
47.4 % of votes cast
12
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
19
1.7 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

135
+65.3 vs Commons average
Rank 52 of 650
Appearances
60
-9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 318 of 650
181
+57.2 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 650
Contributions
70
-53.8 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
8
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
47 of 50 votes
#1
Work / Employment
56 of 65 votes
Trade
46 of 51 votes
#2
Benefits
57 of 68 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Defence
57 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
30 of 37 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