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Lisa Smart vs Neil O'Brien

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

Photograph of Lisa Smart
Lisa Smart
LD Hazel Grove
vs
Photograph of Neil O'Brien
Neil O'Brien
Con Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

Voting alignment

Lisa Smart and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 258 shared comparable votes.

205 same votes 53 different votes 258 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 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
12 Aye 18 No
Education 97% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
26 Aye 37 No
Tax 95% aligned 63 shared votes
23 Aye 40 No
8 Aye 4 No
Transport 92% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 6 No
Housing 56% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

66.1 %
7 % below average
Rank 502 of 650
Participation
85.0 %
12 % above average
Rank 101 of 650
372
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,780
2,094 eligible divisions
203
54.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
878
49.3 % of votes cast
169
45.4 % of votes cast
No votes
902
50.7 % of votes cast
2
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

151
+80.1 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 650
Appearances
20
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 578 of 650
209
+83.2 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 650
Contributions
26
-99.8 vs Commons average
Rank 578 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£239,061
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£239,061
6 % above average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38 % above average
22
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Education
42 of 49 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 70 votes
Defence
27 of 33 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: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
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