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Sarah Olney vs Steve Darling

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Steve Darling voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 292 shared comparable votes.

286 same votes 6 different votes 292 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
28 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 60 shared votes
28 Aye 32 No
15 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
22 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 60 shared votes
28 Aye 32 No
15 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
22 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

71.0 %
2 % below average
Rank 415 of 648
Participation
68.3 %
5 % below average
Rank 472 of 648
1,132
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
359
526 eligible divisions
606
53.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
189
52.6 % of votes cast
526
46.5 % of votes cast
No votes
170
47.4 % of votes cast
12
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
6
1.7 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

119
+59.1 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 648
Appearances
121
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 648
140
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 648
Contributions
166
+58.1 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£235,469
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£235,469
4 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
6
5 registered categories
0
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
Defence
19 of 22 votes
Defence
53 of 58 votes
#2
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Trade
45 of 50 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
5 of 6 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#4
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API