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Jeff Smith vs Sarah Olney

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


Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Sarah Olney voted the same way 70% of the time, based on 895 shared comparable votes.

630 same votes 265 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
24 Aye 13 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 90 No
Migration 97% aligned 106 shared votes
17 Aye 89 No
20 Aye 8 No
Foreign Affairs 93% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 92% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 89% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 14% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
28 Aye 18 No
Education 22% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
76 Aye 35 No
Tax 48% aligned 111 shared votes
62 Aye 49 No
19 Aye 14 No
Housing 48% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 50% aligned 34 shared votes
5 Aye 29 No

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

Voting record

79.5 %
6 % above average
Rank 228 of 648
Participation
71.0 %
2 % below average
Rank 415 of 648
1,837
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,132
1,594 eligible divisions
1,009
54.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
606
53.5 % of votes cast
828
45.1 % of votes cast
No votes
526
46.5 % of votes cast
8
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
12
1.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

16
-43.9 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 648
Appearances
119
+59.1 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 648
21
-86.9 vs Commons average
Rank 587 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

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£300,579
33 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
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

Housing
61 of 66 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#2
Defence
53 of 58 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
#3
Trade
45 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes
#5
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API