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Brendan O'Hara vs Lucy Powell

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 Lucy Powell
Lucy Powell
Lab Manchester Central

Voting alignment

Brendan O'Hara and Lucy Powell voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 950 shared comparable votes.

870 same votes 80 different votes 950 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
23 Aye 32 No
Trade 100% aligned 55 shared votes
23 Aye 32 No
27 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 10 No
Transport 100% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 2 No
Education 100% aligned 14 shared votes
12 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 12 No
Energy 75% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
98 Aye 46 No
Tax 76% aligned 144 shared votes
102 Aye 42 No
28 Aye 18 No
Benefits 80% aligned 46 shared votes
27 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 84% aligned 32 shared votes
27 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 11 No
Defence 85% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

58.1 %
15 % below average
Rank 587 of 647
Participation
65.8 %
7 % below average
Rank 505 of 647
1,355
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,534
2,333 eligible divisions
745
55.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
863
56.3 % of votes cast
610
45.0 % of votes cast
No votes
671
43.7 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
13 years, 7 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

59
-8.0 vs Commons average
Rank 298 of 649
Appearances
8
-59.0 vs Commons average
Rank 622 of 649
65
-54.1 vs Commons average
Rank 404 of 649
Contributions
377
+257.9 vs Commons average
Rank 27 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
£2,425,912
all imported IPSA years
£358,048
58 % above average
Latest expenses
£249,415
10 % above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
12
5 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
161 of 169 votes
#1
Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Education
81 of 95 votes
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Trade
72 of 88 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
Benefits
65 of 81 votes
#5
Trade
62 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 21 Jan 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee: Amendment 5 21 Jan 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 7 12 Jan 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 12 Jan 2026
Tax
No
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Aye
Children's School and Wellbeing Bill: Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 27 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
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
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 19 Nov 2025
Migration
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of LA62 5 Nov 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: motion relating to Lords Reason 72B 5 Nov 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
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