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Sarah Olney vs Sir Julian 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 Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 25% of the time, based on 953 shared comparable votes.

238 same votes 715 different votes 953 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
8 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 63% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 20 No
Education 62% aligned 45 shared votes
12 Aye 33 No
65 Aye 58 No
Tax 47% aligned 123 shared votes
42 Aye 81 No
4 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 46% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 15 No
Housing 46% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
1 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
16 Aye 84 No
Migration 3% aligned 100 shared votes
81 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
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,164
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
629
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
535
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
14
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% 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
98
+14.4 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650
193
+47.3 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 650
Contributions
117
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 286 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
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
47 of 50 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 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
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
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