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Steve Reed vs Sarah Olney

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


Voting alignment

Steve Reed and Sarah Olney voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 779 shared comparable votes.

632 same votes 147 different votes 779 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
15 Aye 62 No
Migration 100% aligned 77 shared votes
15 Aye 62 No
5 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
27 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
38 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 95% aligned 66 shared votes
35 Aye 31 No
35 Aye 42 No
Crime / Justice 94% aligned 77 shared votes
34 Aye 43 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 22% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
22 Aye 15 No
Education 51% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 9 No
Housing 61% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
69 Aye 37 No
Tax 62% aligned 106 shared votes
69 Aye 37 No
21 Aye 17 No
Benefits 74% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

62.4 %
11 % below average
Rank 553 of 647
Participation
71.0 %
2 % below average
Rank 413 of 647
1,450
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,140
1,605 eligible divisions
854
58.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
613
53.8 % of votes cast
596
41.1 % of votes cast
No votes
527
46.2 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
12
1.1 % of votes cast
13 years, 6 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

40
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 647
Appearances
122
+58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 47 of 647
350
+236.2 vs Commons average
Rank 28 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

£2,494,265
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
£293,477
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£300,579
33 % above average
2
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

Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 211 votes
#2
Defence
53 of 58 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 45 votes
#3
Trade
45 of 50 votes
Trade
65 of 88 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 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