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Sarah Olney vs Richard Foord

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 Richard Foord
Richard Foord
LD Honiton and Sidmouth

Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Richard Foord voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 513 shared comparable votes.

502 same votes 11 different votes 513 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
37 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
37 Aye 42 No
4 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
4 Aye 28 No
13 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
17 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 48 shared votes
35 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 50 No
Migration 98% aligned 60 shared votes
9 Aye 51 No
37 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
37 Aye 42 No
4 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
4 Aye 28 No
13 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

71.0 %
2 % below average
Rank 415 of 648
Participation
61.5 %
12 % below average
Rank 569 of 648
1,132
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
629
1,023 eligible divisions
606
53.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
332
52.8 % of votes cast
526
46.5 % of votes cast
No votes
297
47.2 % of votes cast
12
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.6 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
3 years, 11 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

119
+59.1 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 648
Appearances
170
+110.1 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 648
140
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 648
Contributions
198
+90.1 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£772,982
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£302,531
34 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
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
Foreign Affairs
24 of 29 votes
Defence
53 of 58 votes
#2
Housing
33 of 43 votes
Trade
45 of 50 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
13 of 17 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#4
Migration
72 of 95 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
32 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Illegal Migration Bill: Committee of the whole House: Amendment 76 27 Mar 2023
Migration
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
Children's School and Wellbeing Bill: Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 27 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
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