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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.

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Sarah Olney
LD Richmond Park
vs
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Blake Stephenson
Con Mid Bedfordshire

Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Blake Stephenson voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 243 shared comparable votes.

196 same votes 47 different votes 243 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 18 No
Education 96% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
28 Aye 31 No
Tax 95% aligned 59 shared votes
25 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
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 43% aligned 7 shared votes
2 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

70.2%
2% below average
Rank 427 of 649
Participation
71.4%
1% below average
Rank 397 of 649
1,164
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
421
590 eligible divisions
629
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
191
45.4% of votes cast
535
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
230
54.6% of votes cast
14
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

147
+64.8 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 649
Appearances
82
-0.2 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
194
+50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
Contributions
140
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 213 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
£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
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
51 of 62 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Tax
92 of 112 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Work / Employment
31 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 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 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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