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Sarah Olney vs Mr Peter Bedford

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Mr Peter Bedford voted the same way 75% of the time, based on 265 shared comparable votes.

199 same votes 66 different votes 265 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
25 Aye 36 No
Tax 95% aligned 61 shared votes
22 Aye 39 No
1 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 95% aligned 20 shared votes
0 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 17 No
Education 93% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 11 No
Defence 90% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 90% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 43% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 3 No
Housing 63% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

70.2%
2% below average
Rank 427 of 649
Participation
73.1%
same as average
Rank 359 of 649
1,164
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
431
590 eligible divisions
629
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
45.0% of votes cast
535
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
237
55.0% of votes cast
14
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
15
3.5% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

146
+63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
Appearances
63
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 649
193
+49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
Contributions
75
-68.5 vs Commons average
Rank 421 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
£238,962
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33% above average
Latest expenses
£238,962
6% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
4 of 4 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Work / Employment
32 of 39 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Defence
27 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API