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Claire Hughes vs Neil O'Brien

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

Photograph of Claire Hughes
Claire Hughes
Lab Bangor Aberconwy
vs
Photograph of Neil O'Brien
Neil O'Brien
Con Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

Voting alignment

Claire Hughes and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 346 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 342 different votes 346 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
13 Aye 8 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
49 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
32 Aye 49 No
24 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
32 Aye 49 No
24 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

90.4 %
18 % above average
Rank 17 of 650
Participation
85.0 %
12 % above average
Rank 101 of 650
510
564 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,781
2,095 eligible divisions
265
52.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
878
49.3 % of votes cast
245
48.0 % of votes cast
No votes
903
50.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

8
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 623 of 650
Appearances
20
-51.9 vs Commons average
Rank 579 of 650
8
-119.6 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 650
Contributions
26
-101.6 vs Commons average
Rank 578 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£180,797
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£180,797
20 % below average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
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

Education
49 of 49 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 85 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API