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Brendan O'Hara vs Ian Lavery

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


Voting alignment

Brendan O'Hara and Ian Lavery voted the same way 91% of the time, based on 1,081 shared comparable votes.

987 same votes 94 different votes 1,081 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
21 Aye 32 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
21 Aye 32 No
29 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 44 shared votes
29 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
116 Aye 56 No
Tax 75% aligned 172 shared votes
115 Aye 57 No
21 Aye 11 No
Energy 75% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
33 Aye 24 No
Benefits 86% aligned 57 shared votes
35 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 87% aligned 31 shared votes
27 Aye 4 No
19 Aye 14 No
Defence 88% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

57.8%
15% below average
Rank 590 of 649
Participation
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
1,370
2,372 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,809
2,372 eligible divisions
754
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,003
55.4% of votes cast
616
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
806
44.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

79
-1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 649
Appearances
80
-0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 649
94
-46.5 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 649
Contributions
107
-33.5 vs Commons average
Rank 308 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
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£358,048
58% above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Housing
61 of 66 votes
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API