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Sarah Olney vs Barry Gardiner

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Barry Gardiner voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 907 shared comparable votes.

709 same votes 198 different votes 907 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 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 61 No
Migration 96% aligned 78 shared votes
16 Aye 62 No
25 Aye 31 No
Brexit / EU 95% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 No
17 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 94% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 93% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 24% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
22 Aye 20 No
Education 43% aligned 42 shared votes
32 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 55% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 9 No
Housing 58% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
70 Aye 42 No
Tax 61% aligned 112 shared votes
76 Aye 36 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
67.4%
5% below average
Rank 473 of 649
1,164
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,601
2,376 eligible divisions
629
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
891
55.7% of votes cast
535
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.3% of votes cast
14
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

146
+63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
Appearances
58
-24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
193
+49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
Contributions
94
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33% above average
Latest expenses
£268,850
19% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 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
Trade
77 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Transport
78 of 95 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API