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Sarah Olney vs Sir Christopher Chope

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 22% of the time, based on 659 shared comparable votes.

148 same votes 511 different votes 659 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
12 Aye 13 No
Education 64% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
41 Aye 45 No
Tax 62% aligned 86 shared votes
30 Aye 56 No
9 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 55% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 13 No
Housing 47% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 14 No
Defence 42% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 84 No
Migration 0% aligned 100 shared votes
84 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 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
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
1,164
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
629
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
535
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
14
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

147
+62.2 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 650
Appearances
50
-34.8 vs Commons average
Rank 456 of 650
194
+46.3 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 650
Contributions
43
-104.7 vs Commons average
Rank 543 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
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33% above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
304
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
192 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API