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Gregor Poynton vs Neil O'Brien

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

Photograph of Gregor Poynton
Gregor Poynton
Lab Livingston
vs
Photograph of Neil O'Brien
Neil O'Brien
Con Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

Voting alignment

Gregor Poynton and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 312 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 306 different votes 312 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
9 Aye 7 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 No
38 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
25 Aye 38 No
20 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
25 Aye 38 No
20 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

90.2%
18% above average
Rank 18 of 649
Participation
84.7%
12% above average
Rank 102 of 649
532
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,797
2,121 eligible divisions
270
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
888
49.4% of votes cast
262
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
909
50.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

3
-78.8 vs Commons average
Rank 634 of 649
Appearances
18
-63.8 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 649
3
-139.5 vs Commons average
Rank 630 of 649
Contributions
23
-119.5 vs Commons average
Rank 595 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£226,851
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£226,851
same as average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38% above average
5
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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
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: 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 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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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