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Sarah Olney vs Chris Law

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Chris Law voted the same way 95% of the time, based on 660 shared comparable votes.

626 same votes 34 different votes 660 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
19 Aye 80 No
Migration 100% aligned 99 shared votes
19 Aye 80 No
37 Aye 34 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 71 shared votes
37 Aye 34 No
30 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
27 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 42 shared votes
27 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 19 No
Trade 100% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 5 No
Education 56% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 57% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 3 No
Energy 79% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 19 No
Benefits 91% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
55 Aye 41 No
Tax 92% aligned 96 shared votes
53 Aye 43 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
51.6 %
21 % below average
Rank 620 of 649
1,158
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,219
2,361 eligible divisions
625
54.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
672
55.1 % of votes cast
533
46.0 % of votes cast
No votes
547
44.9 % of votes cast
12
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

144
+66.1 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 650
Appearances
58
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 650
191
+52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 650
Contributions
67
-71.3 vs Commons average
Rank 429 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
£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£345,624
53 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 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
Brexit / EU
196 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
61 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API