The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Monday 12 October 2026.

Compare

Ian Lavery vs Neil O'Brien

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

Photograph of Ian Lavery
Ian Lavery
Lab Blyth and Ashington
vs
Photograph of Neil O'Brien
Neil O'Brien
Con Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

Voting alignment

Ian Lavery and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,434 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 1,378 different votes 1,434 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
28 Aye 21 No
Benefits 6% aligned 49 shared votes
18 Aye 31 No
92 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 151 shared votes
60 Aye 91 No
23 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
39 Aye 12 No
Education 4% aligned 51 shared votes
14 Aye 37 No
59 Aye 73 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 132 shared votes
72 Aye 60 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 33 No
Transport 0% aligned 64 shared votes
33 Aye 31 No
31 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 61 shared votes
30 Aye 31 No
32 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 61 shared votes
29 Aye 32 No
28 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 26 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
Participation
84.7%
12% above average
Rank 102 of 649
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,797
2,121 eligible divisions
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
888
49.4% of votes cast
809
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
909
50.6% of votes cast
23
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
Appearances
19
-64.7 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 307 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

£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£309,158
37% above average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
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

Defence
66 of 71 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Migration
149 of 171 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
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API