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Brendan O'Hara vs Nick Smith

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


Voting alignment

Brendan O'Hara and Nick Smith voted the same way 89% of the time, based on 1,013 shared comparable votes.

902 same votes 111 different votes 1,013 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
27 Aye 35 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 62 shared votes
27 Aye 35 No
25 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
106 Aye 60 No
Tax 71% aligned 166 shared votes
110 Aye 56 No
34 Aye 22 No
Benefits 75% aligned 56 shared votes
36 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 15 No
Energy 76% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 10 No
Transport 82% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
26 Aye 12 No
Digital / Online Safety 89% aligned 38 shared votes
30 Aye 8 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
74.8%
2% above average
Rank 316 of 650
1,375
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,799
2,406 eligible divisions
758
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
56.9% of votes cast
617
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
775
43.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

82
-10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 650
Appearances
96
+3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 650
95
-65.1 vs Commons average
Rank 389 of 650
Contributions
125
-35.1 vs Commons average
Rank 305 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
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£358,048
58% above average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Education
89 of 96 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 212 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
#3
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Trade
77 of 94 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
178 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

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