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Rushanara Ali vs Neil O'Brien

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

Photograph of Rushanara Ali
Rushanara Ali
Lab Bethnal Green and Stepney
vs
Photograph of Neil O'Brien
Neil O'Brien
Con Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

Voting alignment

Rushanara Ali and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,376 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 1,321 different votes 1,376 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 13 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
95 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 159 shared votes
65 Aye 94 No
30 Aye 18 No
Benefits 4% aligned 48 shared votes
16 Aye 32 No
36 Aye 31 No
Trade 3% aligned 67 shared votes
33 Aye 34 No
67 Aye 77 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 144 shared votes
77 Aye 67 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 86 No
Migration 0% aligned 118 shared votes
86 Aye 32 No
28 Aye 29 No
Transport 0% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
26 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

76.1 %
3 % above average
Rank 297 of 648
Participation
85.2 %
12 % above average
Rank 107 of 648
1,759
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,752
2,057 eligible divisions
1,008
57.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
860
49.1 % of votes cast
751
42.7 % of votes cast
No votes
892
50.9 % of votes cast
18
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3 % of votes cast
16 years, 0 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

22
-38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 648
Appearances
31
-29.4 vs Commons average
Rank 490 of 648
60
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 648
Contributions
36
-72.9 vs Commons average
Rank 524 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£325,502
44 % above average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
66 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 43 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#4
Defence
55 of 59 votes
Trade
77 of 88 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 84 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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