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Sarah Olney vs Mr Richard Holden

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
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Mr Richard Holden
Con Basildon and Billericay

Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Mr Richard Holden voted the same way 24% of the time, based on 946 shared comparable votes.

228 same votes 718 different votes 946 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
5 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 76% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 20 No
Education 70% aligned 37 shared votes
10 Aye 27 No
3 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 50% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 15 No
Housing 46% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
76 Aye 50 No
Tax 43% aligned 126 shared votes
40 Aye 86 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 13 shared votes
1 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
26 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 No
18 Aye 22 No
Trade 3% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 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 418 of 649
Participation
79.9 %
7 % above average
Rank 201 of 649
1,158
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,312
1,643 eligible divisions
625
54.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
643
49.0 % of votes cast
533
46.0 % of votes cast
No votes
669
51.0 % of votes cast
12
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.2 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

144
+66.0 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 649
Appearances
46
-32.0 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 649
191
+52.5 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 649
Contributions
58
-80.5 vs Commons average
Rank 459 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
£1,267,818
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£332,582
47 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
49 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Trade
47 of 53 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Defence
61 of 70 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Housing
46 of 53 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
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