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Sarah Olney vs Alan Mak

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

Photograph of Sarah Olney
Sarah Olney
LD Richmond Park
vs
Photograph of Alan Mak
Alan Mak
Con Havant

Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Alan Mak voted the same way 23% of the time, based on 1,004 shared comparable votes.

231 same votes 773 different votes 1,004 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 21 No
Education 62% aligned 45 shared votes
13 Aye 32 No
8 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 58% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 54% aligned 35 shared votes
12 Aye 23 No
72 Aye 53 No
Tax 49% aligned 125 shared votes
40 Aye 85 No
15 Aye 15 No
Housing 40% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 7 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
41 Aye 32 No
Brexit / EU 1% aligned 73 shared votes
31 Aye 42 No
22 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 3% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 90 No
Migration 3% aligned 109 shared votes
87 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

70.2%
2% below average
Rank 427 of 649
Participation
85.3%
13% above average
Rank 87 of 649
1,164
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,027
2,376 eligible divisions
629
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
960
47.4% of votes cast
535
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,067
52.6% of votes cast
14
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

147
+62.2 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 650
Appearances
25
-59.8 vs Commons average
Rank 581 of 650
194
+46.3 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 650
Contributions
28
-119.7 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,951,902
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33% above average
Latest expenses
£292,278
29% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
24
7 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
47 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Trade
84 of 91 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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