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Sarah Olney vs Nick Thomas-Symonds

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 Thomas-Symonds
Nick Thomas-Symonds
Lab Torfaen

Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Nick Thomas-Symonds voted the same way 85% of the time, based on 816 shared comparable votes.

696 same votes 120 different votes 816 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
19 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 62 No
Migration 99% aligned 80 shared votes
19 Aye 61 No
22 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 41% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
58 Aye 34 No
Tax 66% aligned 92 shared votes
57 Aye 35 No
19 Aye 15 No
Benefits 71% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
24 Aye 5 No
Education 72% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
25 Aye 17 No
Defence 74% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 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
62.6%
10% below average
Rank 549 of 649
1,164
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,488
2,376 eligible divisions
629
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
852
57.3% of votes cast
535
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
636
42.7% of votes cast
14
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.8% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

148
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
55
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 649
195
+52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 649
Contributions
418
+275.7 vs Commons average
Rank 32 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
£2,131,457
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33% above average
Latest expenses
£255,367
13% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Trade
71 of 91 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
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
Aye
Bus Services (No.2) Bill: Third Reading 10 Sept 2025
Transport
Aye
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