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Hilary Benn vs Sarah Olney

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

Photograph of Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South
vs
Photograph of Sarah Olney
Sarah Olney
LD Richmond Park

Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Sarah Olney voted the same way 75% of the time, based on 1,017 shared comparable votes.

765 same votes 252 different votes 1,017 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
12 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
20 Aye 95 No
Migration 97% aligned 115 shared votes
20 Aye 95 No
28 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
38 Aye 30 No
Brexit / EU 96% aligned 68 shared votes
35 Aye 33 No
18 Aye 7 No
Environment / Climate 92% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 29% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
39 Aye 17 No
Education 36% aligned 56 shared votes
35 Aye 21 No
76 Aye 38 No
Tax 53% aligned 114 shared votes
66 Aye 48 No
20 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 58% aligned 33 shared votes
6 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 8 No
Housing 60% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

77.2 %
5 % above average
Rank 266 of 649
Participation
70.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,823
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,158
1,643 eligible divisions
1,035
56.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
625
54.0 % of votes cast
788
43.2 % of votes cast
No votes
533
46.0 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
12
1.0 % of votes cast
27 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

57
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 650
Appearances
144
+66.1 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 650
457
+318.7 vs Commons average
Rank 22 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

£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18 % below average
Latest expenses
£300,579
33 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
3
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
68 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
Defence
57 of 70 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
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