The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Tuesday 1 September 2026.

Compare

Lorraine Beavers vs Neil O'Brien

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

Photograph of Lorraine Beavers
Lorraine Beavers
Lab Blackpool North and Fleetwood
vs
Photograph of Neil O'Brien
Neil O'Brien
Con Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

Voting alignment

Lorraine Beavers and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 340 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 333 different votes 340 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
18 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 8 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
49 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
32 Aye 49 No
23 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
32 Aye 49 No
23 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 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

86.1 %
13 % above average
Rank 76 of 649
Participation
84.8 %
12 % above average
Rank 101 of 649
495
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,786
2,106 eligible divisions
264
53.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
881
49.3 % of votes cast
231
46.7 % of votes cast
No votes
905
50.7 % of votes cast
9
1.8 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

62
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 350 of 650
Appearances
16
-61.9 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 650
79
-59.3 vs Commons average
Rank 390 of 650
Contributions
23
-115.3 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£199,406
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£199,406
12 % below average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38 % above average
3
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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
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: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API