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Brendan O'Hara vs Patricia Ferguson

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


Voting alignment

Brendan O'Hara and Patricia Ferguson voted the same way 39% of the time, based on 140 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 86 different votes 140 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
16 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 85% aligned 20 shared votes
19 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 70% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 0 No
Education 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 0 No
Transport 50% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 4 No
Energy 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
20 Aye 27 No
Tax 13% aligned 47 shared votes
31 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 2 No
Defence 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
10 Aye 11 No
Benefits 43% 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
78.1%
6% above average
Rank 240 of 649
1,370
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
461
590 eligible divisions
754
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
234
50.8% of votes cast
616
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
227
49.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
18
3.9% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
-1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 650
Appearances
88
+4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 226 of 650
96
-49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 350 of 650
Contributions
112
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 303 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
£151,093
all imported IPSA years
£358,048
58% above average
Latest expenses
£151,093
33% below average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
32 of 32 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
#3
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#4
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 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