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Ruth Jones vs Sarah Olney

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

Photograph of Ruth Jones
Ruth Jones
Lab Newport West and Islwyn
vs
Photograph of Sarah Olney
Sarah Olney
LD Richmond Park

Voting alignment

Ruth Jones and Sarah Olney voted the same way 72% of the time, based on 965 shared comparable votes.

693 same votes 272 different votes 965 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
23 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 94 No
Migration 96% aligned 114 shared votes
20 Aye 94 No
19 Aye 18 No
Trade 95% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 94% aligned 16 shared votes
14 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 17 No
Education 23% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 27% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 44% aligned 34 shared votes
6 Aye 28 No
17 Aye 14 No
Housing 45% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
82 Aye 37 No
Tax 55% aligned 119 shared votes
74 Aye 45 No

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

Voting record

78.1%
5% above average
Rank 241 of 649
Participation
70.2%
2% below average
Rank 427 of 649
1,337
1,712 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,164
1,658 eligible divisions
694
51.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
629
54.0% of votes cast
643
48.1% of votes cast
No votes
535
46.0% of votes cast
16
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.2% of votes cast
7 years, 6 months
Since 4 Apr 2019
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 649
Appearances
146
+62.3 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 649
78
-67.9 vs Commons average
Rank 418 of 649
Contributions
193
+47.1 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
£296,369
31% above average
Latest expenses
£300,579
33% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
5
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

Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Education
61 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
Migration
136 of 154 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 68 votes
#4
Defence
57 of 70 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
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: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
No
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