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Josh MacAlister vs Neil O'Brien

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

Photograph of Josh MacAlister
Josh MacAlister
Lab Whitehaven and Workington
vs
Photograph of Neil O'Brien
Neil O'Brien
Con Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

Voting alignment

Josh MacAlister and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 332 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 326 different votes 332 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
5 Aye 8 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
19 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
46 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
29 Aye 46 No
24 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
29 Aye 46 No
24 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
9 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

83.7 %
11 % above average
Rank 125 of 650
Participation
85.0 %
12 % above average
Rank 102 of 650
467
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,776
2,089 eligible divisions
234
50.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
876
49.3 % of votes cast
233
49.9 % of votes cast
No votes
900
50.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

68
-1.8 vs Commons average
Rank 258 of 650
Appearances
23
-46.8 vs Commons average
Rank 564 of 650
203
+79.1 vs Commons average
Rank 94 of 650
Contributions
30
-93.9 vs Commons average
Rank 560 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£223,568
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£223,568
1 % below average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38 % above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
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

Education
49 of 49 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 70 votes
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 24 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 85 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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