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Sarah Olney vs David Simmonds

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 David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and David Simmonds voted the same way 24% of the time, based on 938 shared comparable votes.

226 same votes 712 different votes 938 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 16 No
Education 69% aligned 35 shared votes
10 Aye 25 No
8 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 68% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
4 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 50% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
76 Aye 53 No
Tax 46% aligned 129 shared votes
44 Aye 85 No
14 Aye 16 No
Housing 43% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
21 Aye 20 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
27 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 3% aligned 39 shared votes
11 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 90 No
Migration 5% aligned 111 shared votes
84 Aye 27 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
83.4 %
11 % above average
Rank 132 of 649
1,158
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,370
1,643 eligible divisions
625
54.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
660
48.2 % of votes cast
533
46.0 % of votes cast
No votes
710
51.8 % of votes cast
12
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

144
+66.0 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 649
Appearances
105
+27.0 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 649
191
+52.5 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 649
Contributions
258
+119.5 vs Commons average
Rank 71 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
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 37 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 53 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
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
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
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
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
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
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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