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Brendan O'Hara vs Stuart Anderson

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 Stuart Anderson
Stuart Anderson
Con South Shropshire

Voting alignment

Brendan O'Hara and Stuart Anderson voted the same way 11% of the time, based on 723 shared comparable votes.

77 same votes 646 different votes 723 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
76 Aye 45 No
Tax 37% aligned 121 shared votes
38 Aye 83 No
19 Aye 10 No
Energy 24% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
9 Aye 7 No
Transport 19% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
22 Aye 23 No
Benefits 16% aligned 45 shared votes
16 Aye 29 No
16 Aye 12 No
Defence 14% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 55 shared votes
29 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 32 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
32 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 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
76.0%
3% above average
Rank 286 of 649
1,370
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,260
1,658 eligible divisions
754
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
607
48.2% of votes cast
616
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
653
51.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

79
-2.7 vs Commons average
Rank 263 of 649
Appearances
64
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
93
-49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 649
Contributions
110
-32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 303 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
£1,320,074
all imported IPSA years
£358,048
58% above average
Latest expenses
£303,089
34% 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
63 of 63 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Energy
42 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
37 of 44 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
145 of 174 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
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 Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
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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