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Sarah Olney vs John McDonnell

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 John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington

Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and John McDonnell voted the same way 77% of the time, based on 1,061 shared comparable votes.

813 same votes 248 different votes 1,061 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
20 Aye 94 No
Migration 99% aligned 114 shared votes
21 Aye 93 No
35 Aye 33 No
Brexit / EU 96% aligned 68 shared votes
38 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 93% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
22 Aye 17 No
Trade 90% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 35% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
29 Aye 20 No
Education 49% aligned 49 shared votes
32 Aye 17 No
6 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 50% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
71 Aye 52 No
Tax 56% aligned 123 shared votes
83 Aye 40 No
18 Aye 15 No
Housing 61% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 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
79.2%
7% above average
Rank 218 of 649
1,164
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
629
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
535
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
860
45.7% of votes cast
14
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

146
+63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
Appearances
125
+42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 649
193
+49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
Contributions
158
+14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 184 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
£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33% above average
Latest expenses
£269,647
19% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
63 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Defence
63 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API