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Sarah Olney vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

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 Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Con Wetherby and Easingwold

Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 23% of the time, based on 913 shared comparable votes.

206 same votes 707 different votes 913 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
8 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 68% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
3 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 65% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 20 No
Education 62% aligned 39 shared votes
10 Aye 29 No
64 Aye 46 No
Tax 46% aligned 110 shared votes
39 Aye 71 No
15 Aye 16 No
Housing 42% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
40 Aye 35 No
Brexit / EU 1% aligned 75 shared votes
34 Aye 41 No
28 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 2% aligned 44 shared votes
15 Aye 29 No
17 Aye 61 No
Migration 4% aligned 78 shared votes
58 Aye 20 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
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
1,164
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
629
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
790
45.9% of votes cast
535
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
930
54.1% of votes cast
14
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

147
+62.2 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 650
Appearances
148
+63.2 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 650
194
+46.3 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 650
Contributions
184
+36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 160 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
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33% above average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
202 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Housing
62 of 67 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Defence
65 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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