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Sarah Olney vs Esther McVey

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 Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Esther McVey voted the same way 24% of the time, based on 706 shared comparable votes.

169 same votes 537 different votes 706 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
1 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 70% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 8 No
Education 68% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 64% aligned 14 shared votes
2 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 54% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No
46 Aye 32 No
Tax 42% aligned 78 shared votes
27 Aye 51 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 21 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 17 No
Trade 0% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 75 No
Migration 3% aligned 89 shared votes
72 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 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
64.8 %
8 % below average
Rank 519 of 649
1,158
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,364
2,106 eligible divisions
625
54.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
624
45.7 % of votes cast
533
46.0 % of votes cast
No votes
740
54.3 % of votes cast
12
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
54
4.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

144
+66.0 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 649
Appearances
104
+26.0 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 649
191
+52.5 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 649
Contributions
145
+6.5 vs Commons average
Rank 193 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
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
6
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
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
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
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
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
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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