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Jo Platt vs Neil O'Brien

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

Photograph of Jo Platt
Jo Platt
Lab Leigh and Atherton
vs
Photograph of Neil O'Brien
Neil O'Brien
Con Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

Voting alignment

Jo Platt and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 648 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 627 different votes 648 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
14 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 11% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 5 No
Migration 10% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
70 Aye 38 No
Brexit / EU 9% aligned 108 shared votes
40 Aye 68 No
15 Aye 9 No
Benefits 8% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
73 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 119 shared votes
46 Aye 73 No
22 Aye 17 No
Transport 0% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 13 No
Trade 0% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

77.2 %
5 % above average
Rank 266 of 649
Participation
84.8 %
12 % above average
Rank 100 of 649
440
570 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,782
2,101 eligible divisions
225
51.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
879
49.3 % of votes cast
215
48.9 % of votes cast
No votes
903
50.7 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

33
-42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 523 of 649
Appearances
17
-58.7 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 649
42
-92.5 vs Commons average
Rank 523 of 649
Contributions
23
-111.5 vs Commons average
Rank 586 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£766,743
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£208,190
8 % below average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38 % above average
2
1 registered category
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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 85 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Medical Devices (Fees Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Jan 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
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
Aye
Motion under section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2019 9 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
Aye
Aye
Motion to agree to Lords Amendment 5 to the EU (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill 8 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
Aye
No
Amendment (a) to Lords Amendment 5 to the EU (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill 8 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API