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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.


Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Jim Shannon voted the same way 53% of the time, based on 1,062 shared comparable votes.

560 same votes 502 different votes 1,062 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

70.2%
2% below average
Rank 427 of 649
Participation
85.4%
13% above average
Rank 86 of 649
1,164
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,028
2,376 eligible divisions
629
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,049
51.7% of votes cast
535
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
979
48.3% of votes cast
14
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.2% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

146
+62.3 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 649
Appearances
1,295
+1211.3 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
193
+47.1 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
Contributions
1,661
+1515.1 vs Commons average
Rank 2 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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API