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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.

Photograph of Sarah Olney
Sarah Olney
LD Richmond Park
vs
Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 981 shared comparable votes.

207 same votes 774 different votes 981 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

70.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 418 of 649
Participation
80.5 %
8 % above average
Rank 192 of 649
1,158
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,901
2,361 eligible divisions
625
54.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
908
47.8 % of votes cast
533
46.0 % of votes cast
No votes
993
52.2 % of votes cast
12
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

144
+66.0 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 649
Appearances
74
-4.0 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 649
191
+52.5 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 649
Contributions
106
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 289 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
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 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
47 of 50 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
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 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
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
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
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
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