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Sarah Olney vs David Williams

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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David Williams
Lab Stoke-on-Trent North

Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and David Williams voted the same way 19% of the time, based on 319 shared comparable votes.

59 same votes 260 different votes 319 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
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 1 No
Energy 50% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 8 No
Benefits 20% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 5% aligned 20 shared votes
20 Aye 0 No
24 Aye 35 No
Tax 5% aligned 59 shared votes
38 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 21 No
Education 5% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 7 No
Defence 6% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 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
86.1 %
13 % above average
Rank 72 of 649
1,158
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
495
575 eligible divisions
625
54.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
258
52.1 % of votes cast
533
46.0 % of votes cast
No votes
237
47.9 % of votes cast
12
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
13
2.6 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

144
+66.1 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 650
Appearances
60
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 650
191
+52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 650
Contributions
77
-61.3 vs Commons average
Rank 396 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
£176,534
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£176,534
22 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Education
50 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
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