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Brendan O'Hara vs Alan Mak

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

Photograph of Brendan O'Hara
Brendan O'Hara
SNP Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
vs
Photograph of Alan Mak
Alan Mak
Con Havant

Voting alignment

Brendan O'Hara and Alan Mak voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 1,198 shared comparable votes.

94 same votes 1,104 different votes 1,198 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
118 Aye 67 No
Tax 25% aligned 185 shared votes
61 Aye 124 No
23 Aye 18 No
Energy 17% aligned 41 shared votes
17 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 21 No
Benefits 13% aligned 47 shared votes
15 Aye 32 No
6 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
20 Aye 14 No
Defence 12% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 42 shared votes
17 Aye 25 No
14 Aye 19 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 2 No
Education 0% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 1 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

57.7%
15% below average
Rank 590 of 649
Participation
85.3%
13% above average
Rank 87 of 649
1,370
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,027
2,376 eligible divisions
754
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
960
47.4% of votes cast
616
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,067
52.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

79
-3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 265 of 649
Appearances
24
-58.1 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 649
93
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649
Contributions
27
-115.9 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,535,264
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,951,902
all imported IPSA years
£358,048
58% above average
Latest expenses
£292,278
29% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
23
7 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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

Migration
163 of 171 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
#3
Trade
84 of 91 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#5
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
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
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
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