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Mr James Frith vs Neil O'Brien

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

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Mr James Frith
Lab Bury North
vs
Photograph of Neil O'Brien
Neil O'Brien
Con Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

Voting alignment

Mr James Frith and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 649 shared comparable votes.

22 same votes 627 different votes 649 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
9 Aye 7 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
21 Aye 31 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 52 shared votes
31 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
65 Aye 37 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 102 shared votes
35 Aye 67 No
Most different by topic
72 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 112 shared votes
40 Aye 72 No
24 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 35 shared votes
11 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 13 No
Trade 0% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

75.6%
3% above average
Rank 297 of 649
Participation
84.7%
12% above average
Rank 102 of 649
446
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,797
2,121 eligible divisions
219
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
888
49.4% of votes cast
227
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
909
50.6% of votes cast
11
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

30
-52.3 vs Commons average
Rank 554 of 649
Appearances
18
-64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 649
46
-97.5 vs Commons average
Rank 520 of 649
Contributions
23
-120.5 vs Commons average
Rank 595 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£817,882
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£210,945
7% below average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38% above average
5
3 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

Migration
13 of 13 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Education
46 of 50 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
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