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Sarah Olney vs Liz Kendall

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 Liz Kendall
Liz Kendall
Lab Leicester West

Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Liz Kendall voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 855 shared comparable votes.

684 same votes 171 different votes 855 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
18 Aye 70 No
Migration 99% aligned 88 shared votes
19 Aye 69 No
14 Aye 19 No
Trade 97% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
28 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
35 Aye 31 No
Brexit / EU 95% aligned 66 shared votes
38 Aye 28 No
13 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 93% aligned 15 shared votes
14 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 16% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
24 Aye 17 No
Education 46% aligned 41 shared votes
30 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 60% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 7 No
Housing 64% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
26 Aye 18 No
Benefits 68% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

70.6 %
2 % below average
Rank 416 of 650
Participation
64.6 %
8 % below average
Rank 525 of 650
1,152
1,631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,518
2,349 eligible divisions
623
54.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
870
57.3 % of votes cast
529
45.9 % of votes cast
No votes
648
42.7 % of votes cast
12
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

134
+63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 60 of 650
Appearances
42
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 450 of 650
180
+54.5 vs Commons average
Rank 118 of 650
Contributions
551
+425.5 vs Commons average
Rank 14 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
£2,620,750
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£249,722
10 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
64 of 69 votes
Trade
46 of 51 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#3
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
Defence
57 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Benefits
62 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Draft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Children's School and Wellbeing Bill: Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 27 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Sentencing Bill Committee: Clause 1, as amended, stand part 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 46 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Bus Services (No.2) Bill: Third Reading 10 Sep 2025
Transport
Aye
No
Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 58 10 Sep 2025
Transport
No
No
Opposition Day: Welfare 15 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 2 Apr 2025
Energy
Aye
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