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Brendan O'Hara vs Stephen Doughty

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 Stephen Doughty
Stephen Doughty
Lab Cardiff South and Penarth

Voting alignment

Brendan O'Hara and Stephen Doughty voted the same way 94% of the time, based on 993 shared comparable votes.

935 same votes 58 different votes 993 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
92 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 162 shared votes
92 Aye 70 No
37 Aye 83 No
Migration 100% aligned 120 shared votes
37 Aye 83 No
25 Aye 30 No
Trade 100% aligned 55 shared votes
25 Aye 30 No
30 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 15 No
Benefits 80% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
101 Aye 47 No
Tax 83% aligned 148 shared votes
98 Aye 50 No
17 Aye 11 No
Energy 86% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 14 No
Defence 87% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 13 No
Digital / Online Safety 88% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

57.9%
14% below average
Rank 574 of 649
Participation
66.6%
5% below average
Rank 477 of 649
1,370
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,577
2,368 eligible divisions
754
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
905
57.4% of votes cast
616
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
672
42.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
17
1.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
13 years, 9 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

78
-2.0 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 649
Appearances
81
+1.0 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 649
93
-46.4 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 649
Contributions
376
+236.6 vs Commons average
Rank 41 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
£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
£358,048
58% above average
Latest expenses
£294,894
30% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
3
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
163 of 171 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
#3
Defence
55 of 71 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 63 Stand part 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 19 Nov 2025
Migration
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of LA62 5 Nov 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
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