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Sarah Olney vs Alistair Strathern

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 Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin

Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 28% of the time, based on 376 shared comparable votes.

105 same votes 271 different votes 376 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
7 Aye 24 No
Migration 90% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
3 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 75% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 2 No
Energy 58% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 15 No
Education 6% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 3 No
Transport 7% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
1 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 7% aligned 15 shared votes
15 Aye 0 No
12 Aye 7 No
Defence 11% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 12% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 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
79.3%
7% above average
Rank 217 of 649
1,164
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
602
759 eligible divisions
629
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
308
51.2% of votes cast
535
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
294
48.8% of votes cast
14
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 11 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

146
+62.4 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
Appearances
66
-17.6 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 650
193
+47.3 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 650
Contributions
75
-70.7 vs Commons average
Rank 427 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
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33% above average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Energy
24 of 25 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
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
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
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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Voting source Commons Votes API