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Sarah Olney vs Jake Richards

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Jake Richards voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 243 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 204 different votes 243 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
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 83% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 67% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 6 No
Benefits 23% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 12 shared votes
12 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
17 Aye 16 No
Education 6% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 28 No
Tax 6% aligned 47 shared votes
31 Aye 16 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

70.3%
2% below average
Rank 423 of 649
Participation
72.1%
1% below average
Rank 379 of 649
1,158
1,648 eligible divisions
Total votes
418
580 eligible divisions
625
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
218
52.2% of votes cast
533
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
200
47.8% of votes cast
12
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

143
+64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 66 of 649
Appearances
61
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649
190
+52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 133 of 649
Contributions
204
+66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 116 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
£187,382
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33% above average
Latest expenses
£187,382
17% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Defence
31 of 34 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Education
44 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API