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Michelle Welsh vs Neil O'Brien

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

Photograph of Michelle Welsh
Michelle Welsh
Lab Sherwood Forest
vs
Photograph of Neil O'Brien
Neil O'Brien
Con Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

Voting alignment

Michelle Welsh and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 336 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 330 different votes 336 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
11 Aye 8 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
48 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
26 Aye 48 No
23 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
26 Aye 48 No
23 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

83.0 %
10 % above average
Rank 144 of 650
Participation
85.0 %
12 % above average
Rank 102 of 650
463
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,776
2,089 eligible divisions
240
51.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
876
49.3 % of votes cast
223
48.2 % 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

46
-23.8 vs Commons average
Rank 413 of 650
Appearances
23
-46.8 vs Commons average
Rank 564 of 650
59
-64.9 vs Commons average
Rank 440 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

£179,455
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£179,455
21 % below average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38 % above average
2
2 registered categories
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

Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 70 votes
Energy
16 of 17 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 85 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
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
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
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
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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