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Sarah Olney vs Nick Smith

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 Nick Smith
Nick Smith
Lab Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney

Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Nick Smith voted the same way 73% of the time, based on 962 shared comparable votes.

703 same votes 259 different votes 962 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
16 Aye 19 No
Trade 97% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 69 No
Migration 96% aligned 85 shared votes
15 Aye 70 No
8 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 95% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
29 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 95% aligned 57 shared votes
32 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 24 No
Education 30% aligned 53 shared votes
34 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 38% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 49% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 16 No
Housing 51% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
81 Aye 52 No
Tax 52% aligned 133 shared votes
89 Aye 44 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
74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 321 of 649
1,154
1,636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,760
2,354 eligible divisions
624
54.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,009
57.3 % of votes cast
530
45.9 % of votes cast
No votes
751
42.7 % of votes cast
12
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

140
+64.9 vs Commons average
Rank 62 of 649
Appearances
91
+15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 649
188
+54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 125 of 649
Contributions
119
-14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 229 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
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Education
89 of 96 votes
Trade
46 of 51 votes
#2
Work / Employment
69 of 75 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#3
Housing
58 of 66 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 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
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API