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Liz Twist vs Sarah Olney

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

Photograph of Liz Twist
Liz Twist
Lab Blaydon and Consett
vs
Photograph of Sarah Olney
Sarah Olney
LD Richmond Park

Voting alignment

Liz Twist and Sarah Olney voted the same way 68% of the time, based on 880 shared comparable votes.

599 same votes 281 different votes 880 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
18 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 15 No
Trade 97% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 79 No
Migration 96% aligned 96 shared votes
17 Aye 79 No
19 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 94% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 7 No
Environment / Climate 88% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 16 No
Education 23% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 27% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 41% aligned 32 shared votes
3 Aye 29 No
18 Aye 13 No
Housing 45% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
71 Aye 41 No
Tax 46% aligned 112 shared votes
69 Aye 43 No

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

Voting record

84.5 %
12 % above average
Rank 107 of 649
Participation
70.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,780
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,158
1,643 eligible divisions
972
54.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
625
54.0 % of votes cast
808
45.4 % of votes cast
No votes
533
46.0 % of votes cast
14
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
12
1.0 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

101
+23.1 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 650
Appearances
144
+66.1 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 650
146
+7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 187 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

£1,878,627
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
£305,039
35 % above average
Latest expenses
£300,579
33 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
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
Housing
51 of 54 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 46 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 73 votes
#4
Defence
57 of 70 votes
Migration
149 of 163 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
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
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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