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Sarah Olney vs Jim Shannon

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

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Sarah Olney
LD Richmond Park
vs
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Jim Shannon
DUP Strangford

Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Jim Shannon voted the same way 52% of the time, based on 1,056 shared comparable votes.

554 same votes 502 different votes 1,056 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
28 Aye 20 No
Benefits 79% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 20 No
Transport 76% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 74% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
27 Aye 22 No
Defence 71% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
4 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 69% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
39 Aye 33 No
Brexit / EU 10% aligned 72 shared votes
32 Aye 40 No
9 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 29% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
24 Aye 3 No
Energy 30% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
27 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 38% aligned 42 shared votes
13 Aye 29 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 418 of 649
Participation
85.4 %
13 % above average
Rank 90 of 649
1,158
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,016
2,361 eligible divisions
625
54.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,041
51.6 % of votes cast
533
46.0 % of votes cast
No votes
975
48.4 % of votes cast
12
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
24
1.2 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

142
+64.4 vs Commons average
Rank 67 of 649
Appearances
1,215
+1137.4 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
189
+51.1 vs Commons average
Rank 133 of 649
Contributions
1,515
+1377.1 vs Commons average
Rank 3 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
£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£293,632
30 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
205 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Benefits
74 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
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