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Sarah Olney vs John Lamont

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 John Lamont
John Lamont
Con Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and John Lamont voted the same way 25% of the time, based on 956 shared comparable votes.

236 same votes 720 different votes 956 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
9 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 68% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 20 No
Education 66% aligned 41 shared votes
11 Aye 30 No
4 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 56% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
75 Aye 55 No
Tax 47% aligned 130 shared votes
40 Aye 90 No
13 Aye 16 No
Housing 45% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 7 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
24 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
17 Aye 91 No
Migration 3% aligned 108 shared votes
88 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 5 No
Energy 4% aligned 23 shared votes
4 Aye 19 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
85.0 %
12 % above average
Rank 97 of 649
1,158
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,790
2,106 eligible divisions
625
54.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
864
48.3 % of votes cast
533
46.0 % of votes cast
No votes
926
51.7 % of votes cast
12
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % 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
148
+70.0 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 649
191
+52.5 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 649
Contributions
236
+97.5 vs Commons average
Rank 92 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
£2,045,465
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£334,363
48 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
8
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
83 of 87 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Migration
150 of 163 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 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
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
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
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
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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