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Sarah Olney vs Seema Malhotra

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 Seema Malhotra
Seema Malhotra
Lab Feltham and Heston

Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 885 shared comparable votes.

722 same votes 163 different votes 885 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
15 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
35 Aye 32 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 67 shared votes
36 Aye 31 No
19 Aye 90 No
Migration 98% aligned 109 shared votes
19 Aye 90 No
18 Aye 18 No
Trade 97% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 10 No
Education 49% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 55% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
73 Aye 41 No
Tax 61% aligned 114 shared votes
72 Aye 42 No
9 Aye 14 No
Housing 61% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 63% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 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
68.1%
4% below average
Rank 459 of 649
1,164
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,619
2,376 eligible divisions
629
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
56.0% of votes cast
535
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
712
44.0% of votes cast
14
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.8% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
14 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

148
+66.1 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 649
Appearances
58
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 389 of 649
195
+52.6 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 649
Contributions
330
+187.6 vs Commons average
Rank 51 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
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33% above average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
No
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 4 Sept 2025
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 4 Sept 2025
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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