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Dame Siobhain McDonagh vs Neil O'Brien

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

Photograph of Dame Siobhain McDonagh
Dame Siobhain McDonagh
Lab Mitcham and Morden
vs
Photograph of Neil O'Brien
Neil O'Brien
Con Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

Voting alignment

Dame Siobhain McDonagh and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,013 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 974 different votes 1,013 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
18 Aye 15 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
77 Aye 48 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 125 shared votes
47 Aye 78 No
15 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 31 No
Trade 4% aligned 52 shared votes
29 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
81 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 129 shared votes
48 Aye 81 No
20 Aye 38 No
Migration 0% aligned 58 shared votes
38 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

55.1 %
18 % below average
Rank 608 of 648
Participation
85.2 %
12 % above average
Rank 107 of 648
1,273
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,752
2,057 eligible divisions
734
57.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
860
49.1 % of votes cast
539
42.3 % of votes cast
No votes
892
50.9 % of votes cast
19
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

27
-33.4 vs Commons average
Rank 526 of 648
Appearances
29
-31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 490 of 648
27
-81.9 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 648
Contributions
34
-74.9 vs Commons average
Rank 524 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,918,854
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£292,669
29 % above 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

Brexit / EU
147 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Education
63 of 95 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 43 votes
Foreign Affairs
45 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Trade
57 of 88 votes
#4
Defence
55 of 59 votes
Transport
56 of 87 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 84 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
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 its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Pensions 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 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]: Second Reading 12 Oct 2022
Aye
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