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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 701 shared comparable votes.

639 same votes 62 different votes 701 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
14 Aye 72 No
Migration 100% aligned 86 shared votes
14 Aye 72 No
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
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
7 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 89% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 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
54.4 %
19 % below average
Rank 611 of 648
1,132
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,257
2,312 eligible divisions
606
53.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
725
57.7 % of votes cast
526
46.5 % of votes cast
No votes
532
42.3 % of votes cast
12
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
12
1.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

119
+59.1 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 648
Appearances
35
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 648
140
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 648
Contributions
544
+436.1 vs Commons average
Rank 8 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
£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
4
1 registered category
0
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
182 of 211 votes
Defence
53 of 58 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
Trade
45 of 50 votes
#3
Trade
58 of 88 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
28 of 43 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
29 of 45 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