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Mr Douglas Alexander vs Brendan O'Hara

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


Voting alignment

Mr Douglas Alexander and Brendan O'Hara voted the same way 36% of the time, based on 94 shared comparable votes.

34 same votes 60 different votes 94 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
3 Aye 0 No
Transport 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
14 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 72% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 1 No
Education 67% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 7 No
Benefits 25% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
23 Aye 12 No
Tax 17% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
5 Aye 7 No
Benefits 25% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 0 No
Energy 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

45.8 %
27 % below average
Rank 627 of 650
Participation
57.8 %
15 % below average
Rank 590 of 650
258
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,358
2,349 eligible divisions
114
44.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
748
55.1 % of votes cast
144
55.8 % of votes cast
No votes
610
44.9 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

40
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 468 of 650
Appearances
65
-5.9 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 650
175
+49.2 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 650
Contributions
73
-52.8 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£792,708
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,535,264
all imported IPSA years
£91,911
59 % below average
Latest expenses
£358,048
58 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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

Trade
4 of 5 votes
#1
Migration
161 of 169 votes
Democracy / Parliament
7 of 10 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
23 of 37 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
Defence
20 of 33 votes
#4
Trade
72 of 89 votes
Tax
62 of 111 votes
#5
Benefits
65 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API