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Jeff Smith vs Brendan O'Hara

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


Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Brendan O'Hara voted the same way 88% of the time, based on 859 shared comparable votes.

759 same votes 100 different votes 859 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
72 Aye 34 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 106 shared votes
72 Aye 34 No
20 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 0 No
Education 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 20 No
Benefits 70% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
95 Aye 45 No
Tax 70% aligned 140 shared votes
85 Aye 55 No
19 Aye 10 No
Energy 76% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 7 No
Defence 80% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
23 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 89% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

79.5 %
6 % above average
Rank 228 of 648
Participation
58.6 %
15 % below average
Rank 588 of 648
1,837
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,355
2,312 eligible divisions
1,009
54.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
745
55.0 % of votes cast
828
45.1 % of votes cast
No votes
610
45.0 % of votes cast
8
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

16
-43.9 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 648
Appearances
41
-18.9 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 648
21
-86.9 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 648
Contributions
46
-61.9 vs Commons average
Rank 471 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,535,264
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£358,048
58 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
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

Housing
61 of 66 votes
#1
Migration
161 of 169 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
72 of 88 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes
#5
Benefits
65 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API