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Sarah Olney vs Sir Stephen Timms

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Sir Stephen Timms voted the same way 76% of the time, based on 1,047 shared comparable votes.

796 same votes 251 different votes 1,047 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
36 Aye 35 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 71 shared votes
36 Aye 35 No
20 Aye 94 No
Migration 96% aligned 114 shared votes
20 Aye 94 No
28 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 93% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
21 Aye 19 No
Trade 90% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 10% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
30 Aye 23 No
Education 38% aligned 53 shared votes
37 Aye 16 No
6 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 46% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 16 No
Housing 50% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
80 Aye 44 No
Tax 60% aligned 124 shared votes
78 Aye 46 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
78.5%
6% above average
Rank 228 of 649
1,164
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
629
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
535
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
842
45.1% of votes cast
14
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.8% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
32 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1994

Debates

146
+63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
Appearances
53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 649
193
+49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
Contributions
199
+55.5 vs Commons average
Rank 135 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
£2,605,766
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33% above average
Latest expenses
£272,963
21% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Defence
64 of 71 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Migration
154 of 171 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API