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Valerie Vaz vs Sarah Olney

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


Voting alignment

Valerie Vaz and Sarah Olney voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 985 shared comparable votes.

779 same votes 206 different votes 985 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
19 Aye 90 No
Migration 99% aligned 109 shared votes
18 Aye 91 No
38 Aye 30 No
Brexit / EU 96% aligned 68 shared votes
35 Aye 33 No
27 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 45 shared votes
27 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 21 No
Trade 93% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 21% aligned 14 shared votes
1 Aye 13 No
38 Aye 18 No
Education 38% aligned 56 shared votes
33 Aye 23 No
86 Aye 40 No
Tax 54% aligned 126 shared votes
72 Aye 54 No
21 Aye 9 No
Housing 63% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 22 No
Defence 68% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

77.1 %
4 % above average
Rank 275 of 648
Participation
71.0 %
2 % below average
Rank 415 of 648
1,782
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,132
1,594 eligible divisions
1,014
56.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
606
53.5 % of votes cast
768
43.1 % of votes cast
No votes
526
46.5 % of votes cast
11
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
12
1.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

30
-29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 496 of 648
Appearances
119
+59.1 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 648
15
-92.9 vs Commons average
Rank 607 of 648
Contributions
140
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3 % below average
Latest expenses
£300,579
33 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
67 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Education
90 of 95 votes
#2
Defence
53 of 58 votes
Defence
53 of 59 votes
#3
Trade
45 of 50 votes
Migration
147 of 169 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#5
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API