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Sarah Olney vs Charlie Dewhirst

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Charlie Dewhirst voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 227 shared comparable votes.

179 same votes 48 different votes 227 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
26 Aye 38 No
Tax 95% aligned 64 shared votes
23 Aye 41 No
4 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 18 No
Education 94% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
6 Aye 8 No
Defence 93% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
1 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 88% aligned 8 shared votes
0 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 1 No
Energy 25% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 6 No
Benefits 54% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 2 No
Housing 57% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 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
65.8%
7% below average
Rank 506 of 649
1,164
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
388
590 eligible divisions
629
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
169
43.6% of votes cast
535
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
219
56.4% of votes cast
14
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

146
+63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
Appearances
94
+11.7 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 649
193
+49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
Contributions
112
-31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 297 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
£184,765
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33% above average
Latest expenses
£184,765
18% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Tax
95 of 112 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Education
40 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API