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Sarah Olney vs Sir John Hayes

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 22% of the time, based on 980 shared comparable votes.

213 same votes 767 different votes 980 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
26 Aye 21 No
Education 62% aligned 47 shared votes
14 Aye 33 No
4 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 46% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
67 Aye 59 No
Tax 44% aligned 126 shared votes
43 Aye 83 No
15 Aye 15 No
Housing 43% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 21 No
Transport 33% aligned 39 shared votes
28 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 83 No
Migration 0% aligned 101 shared votes
83 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
41 Aye 33 No
Brexit / EU 1% aligned 74 shared votes
32 Aye 42 No
27 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 44 shared votes
17 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 19 No
Trade 8% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 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
81.9%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 649
1,164
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
629
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
47.2% of votes cast
535
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,026
52.8% of votes cast
14
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% 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
115
+30.2 vs Commons average
Rank 133 of 650
194
+46.3 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 650
Contributions
232
+84.3 vs Commons average
Rank 104 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
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33% above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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
202 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

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