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Sarah Olney vs Melanie Ward
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sarah Olney and Melanie Ward voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 276 shared comparable votes.
57 same votes
219 different votes
276 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
70.3%
2% below average
Participation
76.3%
4% above average
1,169
1,663 eligible divisions
Total votes
454
595 eligible divisions
632
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
222
48.9% of votes cast
537
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
232
51.1% of votes cast
14
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.1% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
149
+64.3 vs Commons average
Appearances
65
-19.7 vs Commons average
196
+48.3 vs Commons average
Contributions
90
-57.7 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33% above average
Latest expenses
£195,558
14% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API