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Rachel Blake vs Neil O'Brien

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

Photograph of Rachel Blake
Rachel Blake
Lab Cities of London and Westminster
vs
Photograph of Neil O'Brien
Neil O'Brien
Con Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

Voting alignment

Rachel Blake and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 325 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 319 different votes 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
13 Aye 6 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
48 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
29 Aye 48 No
20 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
8 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
29 Aye 48 No
20 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
8 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

83.5 %
11 % above average
Rank 131 of 650
Participation
85.0 %
12 % above average
Rank 102 of 650
466
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,776
2,089 eligible divisions
239
51.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
876
49.3 % of votes cast
227
48.7 % of votes cast
No votes
900
50.7 % of votes cast
2
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

65
-5.1 vs Commons average
Rank 280 of 650
Appearances
23
-47.1 vs Commons average
Rank 565 of 650
99
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 650
Contributions
30
-94.5 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£172,923
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£172,923
24 % below average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38 % above average
2
2 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

Energy
17 of 17 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 85 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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