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Sarah Olney vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Hilary Benn voted the same way 75% of the time, based on 1,013 shared comparable votes.

763 same votes 250 different votes 1,013 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 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
20 Aye 93 No
Migration 97% aligned 113 shared votes
19 Aye 94 No
28 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
35 Aye 33 No
Brexit / EU 96% aligned 68 shared votes
38 Aye 30 No
18 Aye 7 No
Environment / Climate 92% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 29% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
35 Aye 21 No
Education 36% aligned 56 shared votes
39 Aye 17 No
66 Aye 48 No
Tax 53% aligned 114 shared votes
76 Aye 38 No
6 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 58% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 16 No
Housing 60% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

70.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 415 of 649
Participation
77.1 %
4 % above average
Rank 264 of 649
1,154
1,636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,816
2,354 eligible divisions
624
54.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,032
56.8 % of votes cast
530
45.9 % of votes cast
No votes
784
43.2 % of votes cast
12
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
27 years, 1 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

139
+64.7 vs Commons average
Rank 60 of 649
Appearances
50
-24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 649
186
+54.0 vs Commons average
Rank 125 of 649
Contributions
412
+280.0 vs Commons average
Rank 26 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
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Trade
46 of 51 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#3
Migration
151 of 169 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API