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Sarah Olney vs Valerie Vaz

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 Valerie Vaz
Valerie Vaz
Lab Walsall and Bloxwich

Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 1,009 shared comparable votes.

786 same votes 223 different votes 1,009 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
14 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 93 No
Migration 98% aligned 111 shared votes
20 Aye 91 No
35 Aye 33 No
Brexit / EU 96% aligned 68 shared votes
38 Aye 30 No
27 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 45 shared votes
27 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 18 No
Trade 93% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 27% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
34 Aye 23 No
Education 39% aligned 57 shared votes
39 Aye 18 No
75 Aye 54 No
Tax 53% aligned 129 shared votes
86 Aye 43 No
24 Aye 20 No
Transport 61% aligned 44 shared votes
13 Aye 31 No
14 Aye 16 No
Housing 63% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 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
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 649
1,164
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
629
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
535
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
797
43.8% of votes cast
14
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

146
+63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
Appearances
29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 649
193
+49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
Contributions
14
-129.5 vs Commons average
Rank 616 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
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33% above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
67 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Education
91 of 96 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Transport
80 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
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