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Sarah Olney vs Alex Burghart

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 Alex Burghart
Alex Burghart
Con Brentwood and Ongar

Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Alex Burghart voted the same way 22% of the time, based on 968 shared comparable votes.

211 same votes 757 different votes 968 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
9 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 66% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 17 No
Education 62% aligned 34 shared votes
8 Aye 26 No
14 Aye 16 No
Housing 43% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
72 Aye 44 No
Tax 41% aligned 116 shared votes
38 Aye 78 No
27 Aye 24 No
Defence 33% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 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
26 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 22 No
Trade 2% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 91 No
Migration 3% aligned 112 shared votes
88 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
85.1%
12% above average
Rank 90 of 649
1,164
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,805
2,121 eligible divisions
629
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
870
48.2% of votes cast
535
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
935
51.8% 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
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

147
+62.2 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 650
Appearances
83
-1.8 vs Commons average
Rank 258 of 650
194
+46.3 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 650
Contributions
137
-10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 228 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
£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33% above average
Latest expenses
£203,620
10% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
188 of 188 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 87 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Migration
154 of 163 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 63 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
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
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
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
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 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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