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Sarah Olney vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 96% of the time, based on 690 shared comparable votes.

662 same votes 28 different votes 690 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
20 Aye 61 No
Migration 100% aligned 81 shared votes
20 Aye 61 No
38 Aye 35 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 73 shared votes
38 Aye 35 No
32 Aye 35 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 67 shared votes
32 Aye 35 No
23 Aye 21 No
Trade 100% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 62% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 2 No
Education 71% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
16 Aye 5 No
Energy 86% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 7 No
Transport 92% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
56 Aye 35 No
Tax 93% aligned 91 shared votes
56 Aye 35 No

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

Voting record

71.0 %
2 % below average
Rank 415 of 648
Participation
56.8 %
16 % below average
Rank 600 of 648
1,132
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,313
2,312 eligible divisions
606
53.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
748
57.0 % of votes cast
526
46.5 % of votes cast
No votes
565
43.0 % of votes cast
12
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

119
+59.1 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 648
Appearances
89
+29.1 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 648
140
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 648
Contributions
208
+100.1 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
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
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Defence
53 of 58 votes
#2
Trade
78 of 88 votes
Trade
45 of 50 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API