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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.


Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Paula Barker voted the same way 73% of the time, based on 975 shared comparable votes.

716 same votes 259 different votes 975 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 92 No
Migration 99% aligned 107 shared votes
16 Aye 91 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

70.2%
2% below average
Rank 427 of 649
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
1,164
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
629
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
535
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
14
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

146
+63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
Appearances
79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 649
193
+49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
Contributions
82
-61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 392 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
2
2 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
52 of 54 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Trade
46 of 53 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
60 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

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