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Sarah Olney vs Paulette Hamilton

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 Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 58% of the time, based on 597 shared comparable votes.

345 same votes 252 different votes 597 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 4 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
11 Aye 81 No
Migration 96% aligned 92 shared votes
11 Aye 81 No
10 Aye 8 No
Foreign Affairs 89% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 84% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 7% aligned 15 shared votes
14 Aye 1 No
20 Aye 22 No
Education 12% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 2 No
Transport 20% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 No
51 Aye 41 No
Tax 28% aligned 92 shared votes
59 Aye 33 No
14 Aye 9 No
Benefits 30% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 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
76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 289 of 649
1,158
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
878
1,155 eligible divisions
625
54.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
433
49.3 % of votes cast
533
46.0 % of votes cast
No votes
445
50.7 % of votes cast
12
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
4 years, 4 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

142
+64.0 vs Commons average
Rank 67 of 649
Appearances
59
-19.0 vs Commons average
Rank 372 of 649
189
+50.6 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 649
Contributions
77
-61.4 vs Commons average
Rank 399 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
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Work / Employment
57 of 63 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Education
55 of 61 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Where they voted the same
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
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
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