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Brendan O'Hara vs Sir Andrew Mitchell

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
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Sir Andrew Mitchell
Con Sutton Coldfield

Voting alignment

Brendan O'Hara and Sir Andrew Mitchell voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 949 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 886 different votes 949 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
21 Aye 16 No
Benefits 16% aligned 37 shared votes
10 Aye 27 No
102 Aye 47 No
Tax 13% aligned 149 shared votes
51 Aye 98 No
19 Aye 13 No
Energy 13% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 11 No
Transport 12% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
27 Aye 87 No
Migration 9% aligned 114 shared votes
77 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 55 shared votes
32 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 2 No
Education 0% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 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
62.9%
10% below average
Rank 543 of 649
1,370
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,494
2,376 eligible divisions
754
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
718
48.1% of votes cast
616
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
776
51.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.7% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

80
-1.8 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 649
Appearances
62
-19.8 vs Commons average
Rank 354 of 649
94
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 350 of 649
Contributions
72
-70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 433 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
£2,625,709
all imported IPSA years
£358,048
58% above average
Latest expenses
£265,608
17% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 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
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Migration
119 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 60 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#4
Transport
64 of 95 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#5
Trade
61 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee: Amendment 5 21 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
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