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Sarah Olney vs Helen Whately

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 Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Helen Whately voted the same way 22% of the time, based on 1,005 shared comparable votes.

224 same votes 781 different votes 1,005 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
23 Aye 21 No
Education 61% aligned 44 shared votes
12 Aye 32 No
8 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 59% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
71 Aye 53 No
Tax 44% aligned 124 shared votes
38 Aye 86 No
12 Aye 16 No
Housing 39% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 21 No
Transport 31% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
37 Aye 33 No
Brexit / EU 1% aligned 70 shared votes
32 Aye 38 No
18 Aye 92 No
Migration 3% aligned 110 shared votes
89 Aye 21 No
29 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 45 shared votes
16 Aye 29 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
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,164
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
629
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
535
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
14
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

147
+62.2 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 650
Appearances
46
-38.8 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
194
+46.3 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 650
Contributions
69
-78.7 vs Commons average
Rank 454 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
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 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
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
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
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