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Nick Smith vs Sarah Olney

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

Photograph of Nick Smith
Nick Smith
Lab Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney
vs
Photograph of Sarah Olney
Sarah Olney
LD Richmond Park

Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Sarah Olney voted the same way 73% of the time, based on 966 shared comparable votes.

705 same votes 261 different votes 966 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
17 Aye 18 No
Trade 97% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 71 No
Migration 95% aligned 87 shared votes
16 Aye 71 No
7 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 95% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
32 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 95% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 19 No
Education 30% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 No
11 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 38% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
24 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 49% aligned 37 shared votes
5 Aye 32 No
22 Aye 13 No
Housing 51% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
89 Aye 44 No
Tax 52% aligned 133 shared votes
81 Aye 52 No

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

Voting record

74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 318 of 649
Participation
70.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,767
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,158
1,643 eligible divisions
1,012
57.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
625
54.0 % of votes cast
755
42.7 % of votes cast
No votes
533
46.0 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
12
1.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

91
+13.1 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650
Appearances
144
+66.1 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 650
119
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 239 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

£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£300,579
33 % above average
0
0 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

Education
89 of 96 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
57 of 70 votes
Brexit / EU
177 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
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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