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Nick Smith vs Neil O'Brien

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,325 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 1,274 different votes 1,325 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
17 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
78 Aye 46 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 124 shared votes
49 Aye 75 No
24 Aye 13 No
Energy 5% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
27 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 44 shared votes
15 Aye 29 No
37 Aye 16 No
Education 4% aligned 53 shared votes
18 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 59 shared votes
30 Aye 29 No
26 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
28 Aye 26 No
21 Aye 32 No
Transport 0% aligned 53 shared votes
32 Aye 21 No
31 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
18 Aye 31 No
23 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

74.9%
2% above average
Rank 313 of 649
Participation
84.7%
12% above average
Rank 102 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,797
2,121 eligible divisions
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
888
49.4% of votes cast
763
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
909
50.6% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

95
+11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 649
Appearances
19
-64.7 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 649
125
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 649
Contributions
24
-121.9 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
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

Education
89 of 96 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

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