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Sarah Olney vs Blake Stephenson

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 Blake Stephenson
Blake Stephenson
Con Mid Bedfordshire

Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Blake Stephenson voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 236 shared comparable votes.

190 same votes 46 different votes 236 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
8 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 31 No
Tax 95% aligned 57 shared votes
23 Aye 34 No
1 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 93% aligned 15 shared votes
0 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 10 No
Defence 89% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 89% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 1 No
Energy 20% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 3 No
Housing 63% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 67% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

70.7 %
2 % below average
Rank 418 of 650
Participation
71.9 %
1 % below average
Rank 387 of 650
1,149
1,626 eligible divisions
Total votes
401
558 eligible divisions
620
54.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
182
45.4 % of votes cast
529
46.0 % of votes cast
No votes
219
54.6 % of votes cast
12
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

136
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 52 of 650
Appearances
68
-2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 650
182
+57.2 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 650
Contributions
91
-33.8 vs Commons average
Rank 311 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
£203,629
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£203,629
10 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Trade
46 of 51 votes
#2
Work / Employment
31 of 37 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#3
Tax
89 of 108 votes
Defence
57 of 69 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
50 of 61 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Defence
27 of 33 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
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