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Emma Lewell vs Neil O'Brien

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

Photograph of Emma Lewell
Emma Lewell
Lab South Shields
vs
Photograph of Neil O'Brien
Neil O'Brien
Con Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

Voting alignment

Emma Lewell and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,257 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 1,199 different votes 1,257 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
15 Aye 18 No
Benefits 9% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
84 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 142 shared votes
62 Aye 80 No
44 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 62 shared votes
22 Aye 40 No
39 Aye 10 No
Education 4% aligned 49 shared votes
12 Aye 37 No
14 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 64 shared votes
32 Aye 32 No
20 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

71.3 %
2 % below average
Rank 409 of 648
Participation
85.2 %
12 % above average
Rank 107 of 648
1,648
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,752
2,057 eligible divisions
921
55.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
860
49.1 % of votes cast
727
44.1 % of votes cast
No votes
892
50.9 % of votes cast
33
2.0 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3 % of votes cast
13 years, 1 months
Since 2 May 2013
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

60
-0.4 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 648
Appearances
31
-29.4 vs Commons average
Rank 490 of 648
42
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 490 of 648
Contributions
36
-72.9 vs Commons average
Rank 524 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,461,712
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£300,553
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38 % above average
11
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

Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Trade
74 of 88 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 43 votes
Transport
73 of 87 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
#4
Defence
55 of 59 votes
Education
77 of 95 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 84 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
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
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 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
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
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
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