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Sarah Olney vs Ian Lavery

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Ian Lavery voted the same way 76% of the time, based on 1,004 shared comparable votes.

758 same votes 246 different votes 1,004 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
19 Aye 90 No
Migration 98% aligned 109 shared votes
17 Aye 92 No
34 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 95% aligned 59 shared votes
37 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 93% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 90% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 28% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
29 Aye 22 No
Education 41% aligned 51 shared votes
37 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 49% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
77 Aye 44 No
Tax 58% aligned 121 shared votes
82 Aye 39 No
19 Aye 15 No
Housing 59% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 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
76.1 %
3 % above average
Rank 284 of 649
1,154
1,636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,792
2,354 eligible divisions
624
54.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,000
55.8 % of votes cast
530
45.9 % of votes cast
No votes
792
44.2 % of votes cast
12
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

138
+64.6 vs Commons average
Rank 58 of 649
Appearances
75
+1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 239 of 649
184
+53.7 vs Commons average
Rank 124 of 649
Contributions
104
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 274 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
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Trade
46 of 51 votes
#2
Housing
61 of 66 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Work / Employment
66 of 75 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Migration
147 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

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