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Brendan O'Hara vs Sir Keir Starmer

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 Sir Keir Starmer
Sir Keir Starmer
Lab Holborn and St Pancras

Voting alignment

Brendan O'Hara and Sir Keir Starmer voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 622 shared comparable votes.

602 same votes 20 different votes 622 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
20 Aye 40 No
Migration 100% aligned 60 shared votes
20 Aye 40 No
17 Aye 30 No
Trade 100% aligned 47 shared votes
17 Aye 30 No
17 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 9 No
Transport 100% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 7 No
Defence 100% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 12 No
Benefits 82% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 88% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 5 No
Energy 89% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 2 No
Education 92% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 96% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

58.6 %
15 % below average
Rank 588 of 648
Participation
38.6 %
35 % below average
Rank 634 of 648
1,355
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
893
2,312 eligible divisions
745
55.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
545
61.0 % of votes cast
610
45.0 % of votes cast
No votes
348
39.0 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.2 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

41
-19.4 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 648
Appearances
43
-17.4 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 648
46
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 471 of 648
Contributions
1,370
+1261.1 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,535,264
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,930,144
all imported IPSA years
£358,048
58 % above average
Latest expenses
£232,065
3 % above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
15
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
161 of 169 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
161 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Trade
51 of 88 votes
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
25 of 45 votes
Trade
72 of 88 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
37 of 69 votes
Benefits
65 of 81 votes
#5
Transport
42 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms 24 Feb 2026
Education
No
No
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 8 15 Sep 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Finance Bill: Second Reading 27 Nov 2024
Tax
Aye
Aye
Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 869): motion to annul 10 Sep 2024
No
Aye
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 23 15 Sep 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7 15 Sep 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 15 Sep 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: Reasoned Amendment on Second Reading 10 Feb 2025
Migration
No
No
That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment 10B 15 Apr 2024
No
No
That this House insists on its disagreement with the Lords in their Amendment 9 but proposes Amendment (a) in lieu 15 Apr 2024
No
No
That this House disagrees with the Lords in ther Amendment 7B 15 Apr 2024
No
No
That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment 6B 15 Apr 2024
No
No
Rwanda Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 3B and 3C 15 Apr 2024
No
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