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Sarah Olney vs Wera Hobhouse

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Wera Hobhouse voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,010 shared comparable votes.

997 same votes 13 different votes 1,010 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
74 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 125 shared votes
74 Aye 51 No
62 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 114 shared votes
62 Aye 52 No
17 Aye 82 No
Migration 100% aligned 99 shared votes
17 Aye 82 No
29 Aye 23 No
Defence 100% aligned 52 shared votes
29 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
74 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 125 shared votes
74 Aye 51 No
62 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 114 shared votes
62 Aye 52 No
17 Aye 82 No
Migration 100% aligned 99 shared votes
17 Aye 82 No
29 Aye 23 No
Defence 100% aligned 52 shared votes
29 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No

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

Voting record

69.7%
3% below average
Rank 430 of 650
Participation
73.1%
1% above average
Rank 350 of 650
1,175
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,571
2,150 eligible divisions
636
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
857
54.6% of votes cast
539
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
714
45.4% of votes cast
14
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

163
+74.2 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 650
Appearances
156
+67.2 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 650
220
+65.4 vs Commons average
Rank 125 of 650
Contributions
219
+64.4 vs Commons average
Rank 126 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33% above average
Latest expenses
£306,189
35% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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

Brexit / EU
55 of 64 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
53 of 63 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
171 of 189 votes
Trade
46 of 56 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
72 of 82 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Defence
60 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
70 of 90 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