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Shabana Mahmood vs Sarah Olney

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


Voting alignment

Shabana Mahmood and Sarah Olney 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
12 Aye 13 No
Housing 64% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
21 Aye 9 No
Benefits 73% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
51 Aye 19 No
Tax 81% aligned 70 shared votes
46 Aye 24 No
8 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 89% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

54.1 %
19 % below average
Rank 610 of 647
Participation
71.0 %
2 % below average
Rank 413 of 647
1,257
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,140
1,605 eligible divisions
725
57.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
613
53.8 % of votes cast
532
42.3 % of votes cast
No votes
527
46.2 % of votes cast
12
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
12
1.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

48
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 647
Appearances
122
+58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 47 of 647
640
+526.2 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 647
Contributions
152
+38.2 vs Commons average
Rank 125 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
£287,702
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£300,579
33 % above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
4
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

Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
53 of 58 votes
Trade
58 of 88 votes
#3
Trade
45 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
28 of 43 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
29 of 45 votes
#5
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API