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Brendan O'Hara vs Priti Patel

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 Priti Patel
Priti Patel
Con Witham

Voting alignment

Brendan O'Hara and Priti Patel voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 919 shared comparable votes.

78 same votes 841 different votes 919 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
9 Aye 12 No
Energy 29% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
102 Aye 64 No
Tax 27% aligned 166 shared votes
59 Aye 107 No
17 Aye 16 No
Benefits 18% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
11 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 13% aligned 16 shared votes
3 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 9 No
Defence 8% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 62 shared votes
31 Aye 31 No
16 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
6 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 2 No
Education 0% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 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
61.7%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 649
1,370
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
754
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
666
45.4% of votes cast
616
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
800
54.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

79
-2.7 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 649
Appearances
68
-13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 318 of 649
93
-49.2 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 649
Contributions
95
-47.2 vs Commons average
Rank 345 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
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£358,048
58% above average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
14
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
Brexit / EU
189 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Housing
52 of 67 votes
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#5
Tax
217 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
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