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Sarah Olney vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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 Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 24% of the time, based on 997 shared comparable votes.

235 same votes 762 different votes 997 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
23 Aye 20 No
Education 58% aligned 43 shared votes
11 Aye 32 No
4 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 53% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
7 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 52% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 16 No
Housing 45% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
65 Aye 53 No
Tax 45% aligned 118 shared votes
38 Aye 80 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
41 Aye 36 No
Brexit / EU 1% aligned 77 shared votes
35 Aye 42 No
28 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 45 shared votes
17 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 85 No
Migration 5% aligned 105 shared votes
80 Aye 25 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

70.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 418 of 649
Participation
81.5 %
9 % above average
Rank 173 of 649
1,158
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,925
2,361 eligible divisions
625
54.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
882
45.8 % of votes cast
533
46.0 % of votes cast
No votes
1,043
54.2 % of votes cast
12
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
34 years, 3 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

144
+66.0 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 649
Appearances
93
+15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 649
191
+52.5 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 649
Contributions
171
+32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 152 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
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
10
3 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
208 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 66 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 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
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
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
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