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Sarah Olney vs Shabana Mahmood

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Shabana Mahmood voted the same way 91% of the time, based on 710 shared comparable votes.

643 same votes 67 different votes 710 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
26 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
2 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 50% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
17 Aye 8 No
Housing 64% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
23 Aye 7 No
Benefits 73% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
46 Aye 24 No
Tax 81% aligned 70 shared votes
51 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 12 No
Defence 84% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 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
53.4%
19% below average
Rank 611 of 649
1,164
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,269
2,376 eligible divisions
629
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
730
57.5% of votes cast
535
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
539
42.5% of votes cast
14
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.1% 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
70
-13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 649
193
+47.1 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
Contributions
826
+680.1 vs Commons average
Rank 5 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
£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33% above average
Latest expenses
£287,702
27% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
182 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Trade
59 of 91 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Migration
107 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
NHS / Health
35 of 56 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