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Gareth Bacon vs Sarah Olney

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

Photograph of Gareth Bacon
Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington
vs
Photograph of Sarah Olney
Sarah Olney
LD Richmond Park

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Sarah Olney voted the same way 23% of the time, based on 1,027 shared comparable votes.

233 same votes 794 different votes 1,027 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
13 Aye 27 No
Education 70% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 66% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 53% aligned 36 shared votes
4 Aye 32 No
43 Aye 93 No
Tax 45% aligned 136 shared votes
80 Aye 56 No
9 Aye 19 No
Housing 39% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
28 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 55 shared votes
26 Aye 29 No
16 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 2% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
89 Aye 24 No
Migration 3% aligned 113 shared votes
21 Aye 92 No

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

Voting record

87.7%
15% above average
Rank 51 of 649
Participation
70.2%
2% below average
Rank 427 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,164
1,658 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
629
54.0% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
535
46.0% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.2% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

62
-22.8 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 650
Appearances
147
+62.2 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 650
83
-64.7 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 650
Contributions
194
+46.3 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£300,579
33% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
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
63 of 63 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Defence
57 of 70 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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