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Alistair Strathern vs Neil O'Brien

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

Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin
vs
Photograph of Neil O'Brien
Neil O'Brien
Con Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

Voting alignment

Alistair Strathern and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 419 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 410 different votes 419 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
4 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
14 Aye 8 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 11 No
Transport 5% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
23 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
58 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
31 Aye 58 No
19 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
7 Aye 25 No
Migration 0% aligned 32 shared votes
25 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

78.8 %
6 % above average
Rank 230 of 647
Participation
85.0 %
12 % above average
Rank 100 of 647
564
716 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,767
2,078 eligible divisions
291
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
871
49.3 % of votes cast
273
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
896
50.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 8 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

57
-9.2 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 650
Appearances
26
-40.2 vs Commons average
Rank 548 of 650
66
-51.8 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 650
Contributions
33
-84.8 vs Commons average
Rank 543 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£379,404
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£295,499
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
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

Benefits
31 of 31 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 8 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 43 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
#4
Defence
60 of 64 votes
Energy
21 of 22 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 84 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
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