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Sarah Olney vs Bob Blackman

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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Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East

Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Bob Blackman voted the same way 24% of the time, based on 1,058 shared comparable votes.

249 same votes 809 different votes 1,058 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 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 66% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
27 Aye 21 No
Education 63% aligned 48 shared votes
15 Aye 33 No
4 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 47% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
72 Aye 59 No
Tax 47% aligned 131 shared votes
44 Aye 87 No
29 Aye 23 No
Defence 35% aligned 52 shared votes
23 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 93 No
Migration 0% aligned 114 shared votes
93 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
41 Aye 36 No
Brexit / EU 1% aligned 77 shared votes
35 Aye 42 No
29 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 47 shared votes
18 Aye 29 No

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

Voting record

70.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 418 of 649
Participation
87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 50 of 649
1,158
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,072
2,361 eligible divisions
625
54.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
972
46.9 % of votes cast
533
46.0 % of votes cast
No votes
1,100
53.1 % of votes cast
12
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

144
+66.0 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 649
Appearances
146
+68.0 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 649
191
+52.5 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 649
Contributions
173
+34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 151 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
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
211 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 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
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
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