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Neil O'Brien vs Claire Hughes

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

Photograph of Neil O'Brien
Neil O'Brien
Con Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
vs
Photograph of Claire Hughes
Claire Hughes
Lab Bangor Aberconwy

Voting alignment

Neil O'Brien and Claire Hughes voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 361 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 356 different votes 361 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
6 Aye 15 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
32 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
49 Aye 32 No
13 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
49 Aye 32 No
13 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 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
89.8%
17% above average
Rank 22 of 649
1,797
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
530
590 eligible divisions
888
49.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
271
51.1% of votes cast
909
50.6% of votes cast
No votes
259
48.9% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
0
-83.7 vs Commons average
Rank 644 of 649
24
-121.9 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 649
Contributions
0
-145.9 vs Commons average
Rank 643 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
£180,797
all imported IPSA years
£311,946
38% above average
Latest expenses
£180,797
20% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#4
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Trade
80 of 87 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Where they voted the same
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
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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