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David Smith vs Neil O'Brien

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

Photograph of David Smith
David Smith
Lab North Northumberland
vs
Photograph of Neil O'Brien
Neil O'Brien
Con Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

Voting alignment

David Smith and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 280 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 270 different votes 280 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
3 Aye 8 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
29 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
23 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
23 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

69.7%
3% below average
Rank 435 of 649
Participation
84.7%
12% above average
Rank 102 of 649
411
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,797
2,121 eligible divisions
202
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
888
49.4% of votes cast
209
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
909
50.6% of votes cast
16
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

75
-8.6 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 650
Appearances
19
-64.6 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 650
101
-44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 650
Contributions
24
-121.7 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£182,965
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£182,965
19% below average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38% above average
5
2 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

Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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