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Joe Powell vs Neil O'Brien

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


Voting alignment

Joe Powell and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 322 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 316 different votes 322 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
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
33 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
26 Aye 33 No
27 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
5 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
26 Aye 33 No
27 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
5 Aye 27 No
11 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

75.3%
3% above average
Rank 302 of 650
Participation
84.0%
12% above average
Rank 108 of 650
475
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,817
2,162 eligible divisions
225
47.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
899
49.5% of votes cast
250
52.6% of votes cast
No votes
918
50.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

107
+12.5 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 650
Appearances
19
-75.5 vs Commons average
Rank 611 of 650
143
-21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 265 of 650
Contributions
23
-141.5 vs Commons average
Rank 611 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£214,410
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£214,410
5% below average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38% above average
6
4 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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
45 of 47 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
178 of 189 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 42 votes
#4
Trade
83 of 90 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#5
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API