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Sarah Olney vs Dame Siobhain McDonagh

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Dame Siobhain McDonagh voted the same way 72% of the time, based on 680 shared comparable votes.

488 same votes 192 different votes 680 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
12 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 95% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 35 No
Migration 94% aligned 49 shared votes
13 Aye 36 No
13 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 92% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 14 No
Brexit / EU 91% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 19% aligned 21 shared votes
19 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 29% aligned 17 shared votes
16 Aye 1 No
26 Aye 16 No
Education 33% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
47 Aye 38 No
Tax 41% aligned 85 shared votes
53 Aye 32 No
9 Aye 1 No
Energy 50% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 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
55.2%
17% below average
Rank 606 of 649
1,164
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,312
2,376 eligible divisions
629
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
749
57.1% of votes cast
535
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
563
42.9% of votes cast
14
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.6% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

146
+63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
Appearances
39
-43.3 vs Commons average
Rank 505 of 649
193
+49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
Contributions
33
-110.5 vs Commons average
Rank 564 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
£2,918,854
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33% above average
Latest expenses
£292,669
29% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
9
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
Brexit / EU
147 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Transport
64 of 95 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Education
64 of 96 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
45 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
59 of 91 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