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Sarah Olney vs Alberto Costa

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 Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Alberto Costa voted the same way 22% of the time, based on 975 shared comparable votes.

219 same votes 756 different votes 975 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
6 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 67% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
24 Aye 15 No
Education 59% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No
4 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 58% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
71 Aye 49 No
Tax 43% aligned 120 shared votes
44 Aye 76 No
13 Aye 16 No
Housing 41% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 4 No
Energy 0% aligned 24 shared votes
4 Aye 20 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
41 Aye 34 No
Brexit / EU 1% aligned 75 shared votes
33 Aye 42 No
21 Aye 77 No
Migration 3% aligned 98 shared votes
74 Aye 24 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
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,164
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
629
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
535
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
14
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% 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
24
-60.8 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 650
194
+46.3 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 650
Contributions
25
-122.7 vs Commons average
Rank 599 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
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
199 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
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
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
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
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