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Ben Maguire vs Neil O'Brien

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

Photograph of Ben Maguire
Ben Maguire
LD North Cornwall
vs
Photograph of Neil O'Brien
Neil O'Brien
Con Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

Voting alignment

Ben Maguire and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 77% of the time, based on 235 shared comparable votes.

181 same votes 54 different votes 235 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
8 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
28 Aye 25 No
Tax 94% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
2 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 93% aligned 14 shared votes
1 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 86% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 6 No
Benefits 56% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 6 No
Housing 56% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

61.6 %
11 % below average
Rank 564 of 650
Participation
85.0 %
12 % above average
Rank 99 of 650
348
565 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,782
2,096 eligible divisions
188
54.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
879
49.3 % of votes cast
160
46.0 % of votes cast
No votes
903
50.7 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

90
+18.0 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 650
Appearances
18
-54.0 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 650
103
-25.0 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 650
Contributions
24
-104.0 vs Commons average
Rank 581 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£178,125
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£178,125
21 % below average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38 % above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
4
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Trade
4 of 5 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 85 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
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