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Liz Kendall vs Neil O'Brien

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

Photograph of Liz Kendall
Liz Kendall
Lab Leicester West
vs
Photograph of Neil O'Brien
Neil O'Brien
Con Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

Voting alignment

Liz Kendall and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,214 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 1,169 different votes 1,214 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
95 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 158 shared votes
64 Aye 94 No
28 Aye 19 No
Benefits 4% aligned 47 shared votes
17 Aye 30 No
22 Aye 10 No
Energy 3% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
44 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 108 shared votes
63 Aye 45 No
21 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 74 No
Migration 0% aligned 106 shared votes
74 Aye 32 No
25 Aye 29 No
Transport 0% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

64.4%
8% below average
Rank 526 of 649
Participation
84.7%
12% above average
Rank 102 of 649
1,530
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,797
2,121 eligible divisions
875
57.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
888
49.4% of votes cast
655
42.8% of votes cast
No votes
909
50.6% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

37
-46.7 vs Commons average
Rank 522 of 649
Appearances
19
-64.7 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 649
526
+380.1 vs Commons average
Rank 20 of 649
Contributions
24
-121.9 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,620,750
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£249,722
10% above average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
4
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

Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Benefits
62 of 81 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Migration
126 of 171 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
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