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Sarah Olney vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 985 shared comparable votes.

211 same votes 774 different votes 985 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 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 70% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
23 Aye 17 No
Education 60% aligned 40 shared votes
9 Aye 31 No
3 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 57% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
71 Aye 52 No
Tax 43% aligned 123 shared votes
43 Aye 80 No
12 Aye 15 No
Housing 41% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
40 Aye 33 No
Brexit / EU 1% aligned 73 shared votes
32 Aye 41 No
20 Aye 93 No
Migration 3% aligned 113 shared votes
90 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 3% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

70.3%
2% below average
Rank 427 of 650
Participation
80.3%
8% above average
Rank 190 of 650
1,169
1,663 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,381 eligible divisions
632
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
537
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
14
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

149
+63.8 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 650
Appearances
78
-7.2 vs Commons average
Rank 287 of 650
196
+47.4 vs Commons average
Rank 145 of 650
Contributions
112
-36.6 vs Commons average
Rank 310 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
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33% above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
48 of 51 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 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