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Sarah Olney vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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
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Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 25% of the time, based on 837 shared comparable votes.

207 same votes 630 different votes 837 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 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 76% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 65% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
26 Aye 18 No
Education 61% aligned 44 shared votes
13 Aye 31 No
12 Aye 12 No
Housing 54% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
56 Aye 52 No
Tax 48% aligned 108 shared votes
38 Aye 70 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
40 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 1% aligned 67 shared votes
26 Aye 41 No
29 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 45 shared votes
16 Aye 29 No
18 Aye 41 No
Migration 5% aligned 59 shared votes
38 Aye 21 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
70.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 417 of 649
1,158
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,665
2,361 eligible divisions
625
54.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
772
46.4 % of votes cast
533
46.0 % of votes cast
No votes
893
53.6 % of votes cast
12
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

144
+66.0 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 649
Appearances
56
-22.0 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
191
+52.5 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 649
Contributions
66
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 436 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
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
17
5 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
197 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Defence
54 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
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
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
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: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
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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