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Sarah Olney vs Richard Burgon

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Richard Burgon voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 1,040 shared comparable votes.

828 same votes 212 different votes 1,040 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
18 Aye 93 No
Migration 99% aligned 111 shared votes
19 Aye 92 No
35 Aye 33 No
Brexit / EU 96% aligned 68 shared votes
38 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 93% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
52 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 92% aligned 110 shared votes
49 Aye 61 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 34% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
33 Aye 18 No
Education 45% aligned 51 shared votes
33 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 51% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 No
74 Aye 47 No
Tax 57% aligned 121 shared votes
80 Aye 41 No
27 Aye 21 No
Defence 63% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 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
80.1%
7% above average
Rank 194 of 649
1,164
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,903
2,376 eligible divisions
629
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,042
54.8% of votes cast
535
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
861
45.2% of votes cast
14
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
45
2.4% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

146
+64.2 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
Appearances
84
+2.2 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 649
193
+50.5 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 649
Contributions
96
-46.5 vs Commons average
Rank 339 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
£2,305,544
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33% above average
Latest expenses
£301,574
33% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 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