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Sarah Olney vs Sir Roger Gale

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 Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 31% of the time, based on 652 shared comparable votes.

200 same votes 452 different votes 652 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
1 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 78% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 68% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
1 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
23 Aye 15 No
Education 66% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
9 Aye 16 No
Housing 52% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 13 No
Migration 0% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 3 No
Energy 6% aligned 16 shared votes
2 Aye 14 No
41 Aye 43 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 84 shared votes
52 Aye 32 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
57.1 %
16 % below average
Rank 595 of 649
1,158
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,347
2,361 eligible divisions
625
54.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
620
46.0 % of votes cast
533
46.0 % of votes cast
No votes
727
54.0 % of votes cast
12
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
30
2.2 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
43 years, 1 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

144
+66.0 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 649
Appearances
112
+34.0 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 649
191
+52.5 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 649
Contributions
102
-36.5 vs Commons average
Rank 307 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
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 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
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Housing
48 of 66 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
66 of 91 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 (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
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: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
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
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
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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