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Brendan O'Hara vs Sir Julian Smith

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


Voting alignment

Brendan O'Hara and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 1,086 shared comparable votes.

84 same votes 1,002 different votes 1,086 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
107 Aye 70 No
Tax 21% aligned 177 shared votes
64 Aye 113 No
28 Aye 23 No
Benefits 14% aligned 51 shared votes
16 Aye 35 No
26 Aye 19 No
Energy 13% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
6 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
19 Aye 14 No
Defence 12% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 20 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 2 No
Education 0% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 1 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 6 shared votes
1 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
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,370
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
754
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
616
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% 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
97
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 649
93
-49.2 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 649
Contributions
115
-27.2 vs Commons average
Rank 284 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
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£358,048
58% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
163 of 171 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API