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Sarah Olney vs Torsten Bell

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Torsten Bell voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 246 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 207 different votes 246 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 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 0 No
Energy 56% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
0 Aye 3 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
12 Aye 7 No
Benefits 21% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 15 No
Education 3% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
26 Aye 28 No
Tax 6% aligned 54 shared votes
31 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

70.3%
2% below average
Rank 423 of 649
Participation
71.4%
1% below average
Rank 395 of 649
1,158
1,648 eligible divisions
Total votes
414
580 eligible divisions
625
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
227
54.8% of votes cast
533
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
187
45.2% of votes cast
12
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

143
+64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 66 of 649
Appearances
67
-11.7 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 649
190
+52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 133 of 649
Contributions
268
+130.9 vs Commons average
Rank 64 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
£152,220
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33% above average
Latest expenses
£152,220
33% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API