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Barry Gardiner vs Sarah Olney

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

Photograph of Barry Gardiner
Barry Gardiner
Lab Brent West
vs
Photograph of Sarah Olney
Sarah Olney
LD Richmond Park

Voting alignment

Barry Gardiner and Sarah Olney voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 895 shared comparable votes.

704 same votes 191 different votes 895 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 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 62 No
Migration 96% aligned 78 shared votes
17 Aye 61 No
28 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 95% aligned 56 shared votes
25 Aye 31 No
17 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 94% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 21 No
Trade 93% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 24% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
32 Aye 10 No
Education 43% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 55% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
14 Aye 5 No
Housing 58% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
76 Aye 33 No
Tax 62% aligned 109 shared votes
67 Aye 42 No

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

Voting record

67.8 %
5 % below average
Rank 479 of 648
Participation
71.0 %
2 % below average
Rank 415 of 648
1,568
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,132
1,594 eligible divisions
880
56.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
606
53.5 % of votes cast
688
43.9 % of votes cast
No votes
526
46.5 % of votes cast
16
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
12
1.1 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

45
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 372 of 648
Appearances
119
+59.1 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 648
59
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 648
Contributions
140
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
£268,850
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£300,579
33 % above average
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
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

Trade
76 of 88 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Transport
74 of 87 votes
#2
Defence
53 of 58 votes
Defence
50 of 59 votes
#3
Trade
45 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#5
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Children's School and Wellbeing Bill: Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 27 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 25 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Sentencing Bill Committee: Clause 1, as amended, stand part 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 46 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Bus Services (No.2) Bill: Third Reading 10 Sep 2025
Transport
Aye
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