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Gareth Snell vs Neil O'Brien

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

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Gareth Snell
Lab Stoke-on-Trent Central
vs
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Neil O'Brien
Con Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

Voting alignment

Gareth Snell and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 700 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 661 different votes 700 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
62 Aye 37 No
Brexit / EU 12% aligned 99 shared votes
35 Aye 64 No
14 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 11% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 6 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
4 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
27 Aye 30 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 57 shared votes
30 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
11 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 10 No
Trade 0% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 11 No
Energy 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

86.8%
14% above average
Rank 61 of 649
Participation
84.7%
12% above average
Rank 102 of 649
512
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,797
2,121 eligible divisions
251
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
888
49.4% of votes cast
261
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
909
50.6% of votes cast
2
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

174
+91.7 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 649
Appearances
18
-64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 649
267
+123.5 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 649
Contributions
23
-120.5 vs Commons average
Rank 595 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£797,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£176,059
22% below average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
4
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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
11 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 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill: Committee of the whole House New Clause 1 (McGinn) 9 Jul 2019
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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