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Helen Hayes vs Sarah Olney

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

Photograph of Helen Hayes
Helen Hayes
Lab Dulwich and West Norwood
vs
Photograph of Sarah Olney
Sarah Olney
LD Richmond Park

Voting alignment

Helen Hayes and Sarah Olney voted the same way 77% of the time, based on 1,037 shared comparable votes.

802 same votes 235 different votes 1,037 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
36 Aye 34 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 70 shared votes
36 Aye 34 No
18 Aye 93 No
Migration 98% aligned 111 shared votes
20 Aye 91 No
27 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 18 No
Trade 97% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 94% aligned 16 shared votes
14 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 36% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
34 Aye 14 No
Education 42% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 14 No
Housing 51% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
88 Aye 47 No
Tax 54% aligned 135 shared votes
80 Aye 55 No
24 Aye 26 No
Defence 58% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

79.4 %
7 % above average
Rank 213 of 649
Participation
70.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,875
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,158
1,643 eligible divisions
1,037
55.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
625
54.0 % of votes cast
838
44.7 % of votes cast
No votes
533
46.0 % of votes cast
18
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
12
1.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

93
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 171 of 650
Appearances
144
+66.1 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 650
121
-17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 232 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

£2,194,899
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
£295,156
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£300,579
33 % above average
2
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
65 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Housing
62 of 66 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Defence
57 of 70 votes
Migration
149 of 171 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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
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
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
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: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
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