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Sarah Olney vs Jim McMahon

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

Photograph of Sarah Olney
Sarah Olney
LD Richmond Park
vs
Photograph of Jim McMahon
Jim McMahon
Lab Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Jim McMahon voted the same way 72% of the time, based on 924 shared comparable votes.

665 same votes 259 different votes 924 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
17 Aye 7 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 19 No
Trade 97% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 90 No
Migration 96% aligned 103 shared votes
13 Aye 90 No
27 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 42 shared votes
27 Aye 15 No
34 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 95% aligned 60 shared votes
37 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 19% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
28 Aye 22 No
Education 30% aligned 50 shared votes
33 Aye 17 No
6 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 42% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 16 No
Housing 47% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
76 Aye 40 No
Tax 53% aligned 116 shared votes
73 Aye 43 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
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 385 of 649
1,164
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,704
2,376 eligible divisions
629
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
952
55.9% of votes cast
535
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
752
44.1% of votes cast
14
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.6% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
10 years, 9 months
Since 3 Dec 2015

Debates

146
+63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
Appearances
89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 649
193
+49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
Contributions
205
+61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 130 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
£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33% above average
Latest expenses
£264,252
17% above 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
64 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Education
80 of 96 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Housing
55 of 67 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Migration
139 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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