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John McDonnell vs Neil O'Brien

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

Photograph of John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington
vs
Photograph of Neil O'Brien
Neil O'Brien
Con Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

Voting alignment

John McDonnell and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,428 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 1,375 different votes 1,428 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
30 Aye 16 No
Education 13% aligned 46 shared votes
12 Aye 34 No
89 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 155 shared votes
66 Aye 89 No
21 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
30 Aye 23 No
Benefits 4% aligned 53 shared votes
21 Aye 32 No
16 Aye 14 No
Housing 3% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 98 No
Migration 0% aligned 127 shared votes
98 Aye 29 No
27 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 56 shared votes
29 Aye 27 No
27 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 26 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 14 No
Energy 0% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

79.1 %
6 % above average
Rank 234 of 648
Participation
85.2 %
12 % above average
Rank 107 of 648
1,829
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,752
2,057 eligible divisions
1,003
54.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
860
49.1 % of votes cast
826
45.2 % of votes cast
No votes
892
50.9 % of votes cast
22
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

87
+26.6 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 648
Appearances
29
-31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 490 of 648
118
+9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 648
Contributions
34
-74.9 vs Commons average
Rank 524 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£269,647
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38 % above average
4
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

Defence
54 of 59 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 43 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Migration
151 of 169 votes
#4
Defence
55 of 59 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 84 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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