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Sarah Olney vs Sir Keir Starmer

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Sir Keir Starmer voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 395 shared comparable votes.

362 same votes 33 different votes 395 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
10 Aye 31 No
Migration 100% aligned 41 shared votes
10 Aye 31 No
21 Aye 6 No
Tax 100% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 15 No
Trade 100% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 7 No
Defence 100% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 20% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 75% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 12 No
Benefits 76% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 80% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 0 No
Education 91% aligned 11 shared votes
10 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
38.6 %
35 % below average
Rank 634 of 648
1,132
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
893
2,312 eligible divisions
606
53.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
545
61.0 % of votes cast
526
46.5 % of votes cast
No votes
348
39.0 % of votes cast
12
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.2 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

119
+59.1 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 648
Appearances
43
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 648
140
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 648
Contributions
1,370
+1262.1 vs Commons average
Rank 2 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
£1,930,144
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£232,065
3 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
15
3 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
Brexit / EU
161 of 211 votes
Defence
53 of 58 votes
#2
Trade
51 of 88 votes
Trade
45 of 50 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
25 of 45 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
37 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Transport
42 of 87 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