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Neil O'Brien vs Brian Mathew

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


Voting alignment

Neil O'Brien and Brian Mathew voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 261 shared comparable votes.

207 same votes 54 different votes 261 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
22 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 54 shared votes
22 Aye 32 No
7 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 90% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 86% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 20% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 9 No
Housing 53% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 3 No
Energy 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

84.7%
12% above average
Rank 102 of 649
Participation
65.8%
7% below average
Rank 505 of 649
1,797
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
388
590 eligible divisions
888
49.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
196
50.5% of votes cast
909
50.6% of votes cast
No votes
192
49.5% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
13
3.4% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

19
-64.7 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 649
Appearances
82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 649
24
-121.9 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 649
Contributions
92
-53.9 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£157,740
all imported IPSA years
£311,946
38% above average
Latest expenses
£157,740
30% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#4
Housing
28 of 32 votes
Trade
80 of 87 votes
#5
Benefits
25 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API