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Brendan O'Hara vs Bill Esterson

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


Voting alignment

Brendan O'Hara and Bill Esterson voted the same way 90% of the time, based on 1,019 shared comparable votes.

921 same votes 98 different votes 1,019 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
30 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 43 shared votes
30 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
104 Aye 56 No
Tax 78% aligned 160 shared votes
110 Aye 50 No
22 Aye 14 No
Energy 78% aligned 36 shared votes
26 Aye 10 No
31 Aye 17 No
Benefits 81% aligned 48 shared votes
28 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 82% aligned 28 shared votes
24 Aye 4 No
19 Aye 13 No
Defence 88% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

57.1%
15% below average
Rank 593 of 650
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 412 of 650
1,375
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,696
2,406 eligible divisions
758
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
946
55.8% of votes cast
617
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
750
44.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

82
-8.6 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650
Appearances
65
-25.6 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 650
95
-62.6 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 650
Contributions
91
-66.6 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,535,264
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£358,048
58% above average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 212 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
Trade
77 of 94 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
168 of 212 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 80 votes

Recent voting overlap

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