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Mr Alex Barros-Curtis vs Neil O'Brien

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

Photograph of Mr Alex Barros-Curtis
Mr Alex Barros-Curtis
Lab Cardiff West
vs
Photograph of Neil O'Brien
Neil O'Brien
Con Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

Voting alignment

Mr Alex Barros-Curtis and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 365 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 359 different votes 365 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
12 Aye 8 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
48 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
32 Aye 48 No
23 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
32 Aye 48 No
23 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 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

83.9%
11% above average
Rank 114 of 650
Participation
84.3%
12% above average
Rank 106 of 650
520
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,814
2,151 eligible divisions
264
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
49.4% of votes cast
256
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
917
50.6% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

72
-21.0 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 650
Appearances
19
-74.0 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 650
87
-75.0 vs Commons average
Rank 423 of 650
Contributions
23
-139.0 vs Commons average
Rank 610 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£117,527
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£117,527
48% below average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38% above average
5
2 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

Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
45 of 47 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
178 of 189 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Trade
83 of 90 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 63 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on the Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API