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Sarah Olney vs Paula Barker

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 Paula Barker
Paula Barker
Lab Liverpool Wavertree

Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Paula Barker voted the same way 74% of the time, based on 966 shared comparable votes.

714 same votes 252 different votes 966 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
23 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 91 No
Migration 99% aligned 106 shared votes
16 Aye 90 No
23 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 94% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 93% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
22 Aye 17 No
Trade 90% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 17 No
Education 27% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 31% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 42% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 17 No
Housing 50% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
72 Aye 42 No
Tax 59% aligned 114 shared votes
77 Aye 37 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
79.0 %
6 % above average
Rank 226 of 649
1,154
1,636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,292
1,636 eligible divisions
624
54.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
678
52.5 % of votes cast
530
45.9 % of votes cast
No votes
614
47.5 % of votes cast
12
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

140
+64.9 vs Commons average
Rank 62 of 649
Appearances
59
-16.1 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649
188
+54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 125 of 649
Contributions
66
-67.3 vs Commons average
Rank 429 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
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Housing
51 of 53 votes
Trade
46 of 51 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Work / Employment
58 of 65 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
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
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API