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Brendan O'Hara vs Jeff Smith

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


Voting alignment

Brendan O'Hara and Jeff Smith voted the same way 88% of the time, based on 867 shared comparable votes.

763 same votes 104 different votes 867 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
72 Aye 34 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 106 shared votes
72 Aye 34 No
20 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 0 No
Education 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
88 Aye 55 No
Tax 69% aligned 143 shared votes
95 Aye 48 No
19 Aye 13 No
Energy 69% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
24 Aye 22 No
Benefits 70% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 9 No
Transport 80% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 7 No
Defence 81% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 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
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 649
1,370
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
754
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
616
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
863
45.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

79
-2.7 vs Commons average
Rank 263 of 649
Appearances
55
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
93
-49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 649
Contributions
71
-71.3 vs Commons average
Rank 431 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
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£358,048
58% above average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 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