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Sarah Olney vs Mr David Lammy

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Mr David Lammy voted the same way 90% of the time, based on 621 shared comparable votes.

559 same votes 62 different votes 621 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
31 Aye 33 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 64 shared votes
31 Aye 33 No
14 Aye 31 No
Migration 100% aligned 45 shared votes
14 Aye 31 No
21 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 26 shared votes
21 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 30% aligned 20 shared votes
19 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 33% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
41 Aye 20 No
Tax 87% aligned 61 shared votes
39 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 7 No
Benefits 88% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 16 No
Trade 88% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 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
48.7%
24% below average
Rank 623 of 649
1,164
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,156
2,376 eligible divisions
629
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
696
60.2% of votes cast
535
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
460
39.8% of votes cast
14
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
11
1.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
26 years, 3 months
Since 22 Jun 2000

Debates

146
+62.3 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 649
Appearances
59
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 385 of 649
193
+47.1 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
Contributions
751
+605.1 vs Commons average
Rank 7 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
£2,872,069
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33% above average
Latest expenses
£268,880
19% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 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
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Trade
61 of 91 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
43 of 69 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
NHS / Health
32 of 56 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
123 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API