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Sarah Olney vs Rebecca Smith

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Rebecca Smith voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 218 shared comparable votes.

172 same votes 46 different votes 218 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
6 Aye 7 No
Defence 100% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
1 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 10 shared votes
1 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 95% aligned 20 shared votes
0 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 29 No
Tax 94% aligned 52 shared votes
20 Aye 32 No
10 Aye 16 No
Education 92% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 6 No
Benefits 44% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 50% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 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
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 419 of 649
1,164
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
416
590 eligible divisions
629
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
196
47.1% of votes cast
535
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
220
52.9% of votes cast
14
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

146
+63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
Appearances
147
+64.7 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 649
193
+49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
Contributions
265
+121.5 vs Commons average
Rank 76 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
£213,132
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33% above average
Latest expenses
£213,132
6% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Trade
6 of 7 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Tax
88 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

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