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Sarah Olney vs Mr Douglas Alexander

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Mr Douglas Alexander voted the same way 12% of the time, based on 167 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 147 different votes 167 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
4 Aye 0 No
Energy 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 4 No
Housing 25% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 3 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 12 shared votes
12 Aye 0 No
6 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 6 No
Education 6% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

71.0 %
2 % below average
Rank 415 of 648
Participation
45.8 %
27 % below average
Rank 626 of 648
1,132
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
241
526 eligible divisions
606
53.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
109
45.2 % of votes cast
526
46.5 % of votes cast
No votes
132
54.8 % of votes cast
12
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

119
+59.1 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 648
Appearances
22
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 558 of 648
140
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 648
Contributions
118
+10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 175 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£792,708
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£91,911
59 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Trade
3 of 4 votes
Defence
53 of 58 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
7 of 10 votes
Trade
45 of 50 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
4 of 6 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#4
Work / Employment
23 of 37 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Tax
62 of 108 votes

Recent voting overlap

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