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Neil O'Brien vs Jim Allister

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


Voting alignment

Neil O'Brien and Jim Allister voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 276 shared comparable votes.

257 same votes 19 different votes 276 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
10 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
1 Aye 7 No
Energy 100% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 5 No
Transport 100% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 71% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 9 No
Housing 75% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 80% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
20 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 92% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

85.2 %
12 % above average
Rank 107 of 648
Participation
72.2 %
1 % below average
Rank 380 of 648
1,752
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
380
526 eligible divisions
860
49.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
185
48.7 % of votes cast
892
50.9 % of votes cast
No votes
195
51.3 % of votes cast
6
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

29
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 511 of 648
Appearances
149
+89.1 vs Commons average
Rank 19 of 648
34
-73.9 vs Commons average
Rank 528 of 648
Contributions
180
+72.1 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£209,116
all imported IPSA years
£311,946
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£209,116
8 % 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
Defence
22 of 22 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 43 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
#3
Trade
4 of 4 votes
Defence
55 of 59 votes
#4
Migration
10 of 11 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#5
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

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