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Chris Ward vs Neil O'Brien

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


Voting alignment

Chris Ward and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 318 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 312 different votes 318 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
12 Aye 8 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
38 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
33 Aye 38 No
26 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
8 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
33 Aye 38 No
26 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
8 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 650
Participation
84.0%
12% above average
Rank 108 of 650
457
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,817
2,162 eligible divisions
241
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
899
49.5% of votes cast
216
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
918
50.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

81
-13.5 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 650
Appearances
19
-75.5 vs Commons average
Rank 611 of 650
236
+71.5 vs Commons average
Rank 126 of 650
Contributions
23
-141.5 vs Commons average
Rank 611 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£203,111
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£203,111
10% below average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38% above average
0
0 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

Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
45 of 47 votes
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
178 of 189 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Transport
30 of 32 votes
#4
Trade
83 of 90 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#5
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API