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Sarah Russell vs Ian Roome

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Russell and Ian Roome voted the same way 24% of the time, based on 272 shared comparable votes.

66 same votes 206 different votes 272 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
6 Aye 3 No
Energy 67% aligned 9 shared votes
9 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 4 No
Housing 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
21 Aye 13 No
Education 3% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
8 Aye 13 No
Defence 5% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 7 No
Transport 9% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
19 Aye 21 No
Tax 10% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

82.4%
10% above average
Rank 147 of 649
Participation
54.2%
18% below average
Rank 610 of 649
486
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
320
590 eligible divisions
247
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
178
55.6% of votes cast
239
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
142
44.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

97
+13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 650
Appearances
91
+7.3 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 650
145
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 650
Contributions
117
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£179,204
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£156,328
all imported IPSA years
£179,204
21% below average
Latest expenses
£156,328
31% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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

#1
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Trade
5 of 7 votes
Education
49 of 50 votes
#5
Education
35 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API