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Sarah Olney vs Ian Byrne

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Ian Byrne voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 914 shared comparable votes.

709 same votes 205 different votes 914 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
23 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No
19 Aye 83 No
Migration 98% aligned 102 shared votes
19 Aye 83 No
25 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 93% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
21 Aye 17 No
Trade 89% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 25% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
24 Aye 22 No
Education 28% aligned 46 shared votes
33 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 44% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
70 Aye 44 No
Tax 59% aligned 114 shared votes
79 Aye 35 No
14 Aye 14 No
Housing 61% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

70.6 %
2 % below average
Rank 416 of 650
Participation
72.9 %
same as average
Rank 361 of 650
1,152
1,631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,189
1,631 eligible divisions
623
54.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
650
54.7 % of votes cast
529
45.9 % of votes cast
No votes
539
45.3 % of votes cast
12
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.9 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

138
+67.1 vs Commons average
Rank 51 of 650
Appearances
43
-27.9 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 650
184
+58.2 vs Commons average
Rank 115 of 650
Contributions
84
-41.8 vs Commons average
Rank 341 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
£1,324,572
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£284,893
26 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
Trade
46 of 51 votes
#2
Education
60 of 68 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
37 of 44 votes
Defence
57 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
127 of 152 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Work / Employment
54 of 65 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