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Sarah Olney vs Sir Gavin Williamson

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 Gavin Williamson
Sir Gavin Williamson
Con Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge

Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Sir Gavin Williamson voted the same way 24% of the time, based on 964 shared comparable votes.

234 same votes 730 different votes 964 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
5 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 73% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 68% aligned 28 shared votes
5 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 20 No
Education 60% aligned 45 shared votes
13 Aye 32 No
13 Aye 16 No
Housing 45% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
72 Aye 60 No
Tax 45% aligned 132 shared votes
45 Aye 87 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 7 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
40 Aye 32 No
Brexit / EU 1% aligned 72 shared votes
31 Aye 41 No
21 Aye 92 No
Migration 3% aligned 113 shared votes
89 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 18 No
Trade 8% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 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
78.3%
6% above average
Rank 235 of 649
1,164
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
629
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
889
47.8% of votes cast
535
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
971
52.2% of votes cast
14
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

146
+62.4 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
Appearances
73
-10.6 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 650
193
+47.3 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 650
Contributions
90
-55.7 vs Commons average
Rank 371 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
£2,645,311
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33% above average
Latest expenses
£278,816
23% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
10
5 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
200 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 171 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Transport
83 of 95 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Trade
78 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Housing
57 of 67 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
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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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