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Brian Mathew vs Neil O'Brien

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


Voting alignment

Brian Mathew and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 261 shared comparable votes.

207 same votes 54 different votes 261 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
22 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 54 shared votes
22 Aye 32 No
7 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 90% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 86% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 7 No
Housing 53% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 1 No
Energy 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

65.8%
7% below average
Rank 505 of 649
Participation
84.7%
12% above average
Rank 102 of 649
388
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,797
2,121 eligible divisions
196
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
888
49.4% of votes cast
192
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
909
50.6% of votes cast
13
3.4% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

80
-1.8 vs Commons average
Rank 258 of 649
Appearances
18
-63.8 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 649
90
-52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 649
Contributions
23
-119.7 vs Commons average
Rank 595 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£157,740
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£157,740
30% below average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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

#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API