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Sarah Olney vs Matthew Pennycook

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 Matthew Pennycook
Matthew Pennycook
Lab Greenwich and Woolwich

Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 74% of the time, based on 1,099 shared comparable votes.

812 same votes 287 different votes 1,099 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
27 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 92 No
Migration 97% aligned 112 shared votes
19 Aye 93 No
35 Aye 33 No
Brexit / EU 96% aligned 68 shared votes
38 Aye 30 No
18 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 93% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
22 Aye 18 No
Trade 90% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 29% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
34 Aye 24 No
Education 36% aligned 58 shared votes
39 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 17 No
Housing 54% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
82 Aye 54 No
Tax 54% aligned 136 shared votes
88 Aye 48 No
6 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 58% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 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 415 of 649
Participation
82.5 %
10 % above average
Rank 148 of 649
1,154
1,636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,943
2,354 eligible divisions
624
54.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,080
55.6 % of votes cast
530
45.9 % of votes cast
No votes
863
44.4 % of votes cast
12
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

140
+64.9 vs Commons average
Rank 62 of 649
Appearances
136
+60.9 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 649
188
+54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 125 of 649
Contributions
576
+442.7 vs Commons average
Rank 12 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
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
8
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
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Trade
46 of 51 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 66 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
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: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
No
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