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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 875 shared comparable votes.

719 same votes 156 different votes 875 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
19 Aye 88 No
Migration 99% aligned 107 shared votes
18 Aye 89 No
35 Aye 32 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 67 shared votes
36 Aye 31 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
30 Aye 10 No
Education 48% aligned 40 shared votes
23 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

70.7 %
2 % below average
Rank 418 of 650
Participation
68.1 %
5 % below average
Rank 468 of 650
1,149
1,626 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,596
2,344 eligible divisions
620
54.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
896
56.1 % of votes cast
529
46.0 % of votes cast
No votes
700
43.9 % of votes cast
12
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.8 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
14 years, 6 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

134
+64.2 vs Commons average
Rank 56 of 650
Appearances
59
-10.8 vs Commons average
Rank 326 of 650
180
+56.1 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 650
Contributions
334
+210.1 vs Commons average
Rank 38 of 650

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
Trade
46 of 51 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 70 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#3
Migration
141 of 169 votes
Defence
57 of 69 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
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
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 342 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Where they voted the same
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 Sep 2025
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 4 Sep 2025
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 4 Sep 2025
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Welfare 15 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Football Governance Bill [HL]: Third Reading 8 Jul 2025
Aye
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