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Dr Sam Rushworth vs Neil O'Brien

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


Voting alignment

Dr Sam Rushworth and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 281 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 268 different votes 281 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 13 No
Crime / Justice 16% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 5 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
3 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
35 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
30 Aye 35 No
22 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
30 Aye 35 No
22 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
11 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

71.9%
1% below average
Rank 381 of 649
Participation
84.7%
12% above average
Rank 102 of 649
424
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,797
2,121 eligible divisions
213
50.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
888
49.4% of votes cast
211
49.8% of votes cast
No votes
909
50.6% of votes cast
16
3.8% 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

69
-14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 323 of 649
Appearances
19
-64.7 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 649
145
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 215 of 649
Contributions
24
-121.9 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£212,044
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£212,044
6% 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

Migration
13 of 13 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 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