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Clive Efford vs Sarah Olney

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

Photograph of Clive Efford
Clive Efford
Lab Eltham and Chislehurst
vs
Photograph of Sarah Olney
Sarah Olney
LD Richmond Park

Voting alignment

Clive Efford and Sarah Olney voted the same way 77% of the time, based on 985 shared comparable votes.

757 same votes 228 different votes 985 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
19 Aye 91 No
Migration 98% aligned 110 shared votes
19 Aye 91 No
33 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 61 shared votes
31 Aye 30 No
10 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 96% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
28 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 7 No
Environment / Climate 92% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 25% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
31 Aye 19 No
Education 38% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 13 No
Housing 47% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 58% aligned 33 shared votes
6 Aye 27 No
81 Aye 34 No
Tax 62% aligned 115 shared votes
69 Aye 46 No

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

Voting record

76.2 %
3 % above average
Rank 287 of 649
Participation
70.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,798
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,158
1,643 eligible divisions
1,017
56.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
625
54.0 % of votes cast
781
43.4 % of votes cast
No votes
533
46.0 % of votes cast
4
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
12
1.0 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

93
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 650
Appearances
144
+66.1 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 650
81
-57.3 vs Commons average
Rank 382 of 650
Contributions
191
+52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,722,645
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
£265,723
18 % above average
Latest expenses
£300,579
33 % above average
3
2 registered categories
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
67 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Migration
150 of 171 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Defence
57 of 70 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#5
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
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
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