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Shabana Mahmood vs Brendan O'Hara

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

Photograph of Shabana Mahmood
Shabana Mahmood
Lab Birmingham Ladywood
vs
Photograph of Brendan O'Hara
Brendan O'Hara
SNP Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber

Voting alignment

Shabana Mahmood and Brendan O'Hara voted the same way 94% of the time, based on 860 shared comparable votes.

806 same votes 54 different votes 860 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
20 Aye 81 No
Migration 100% aligned 101 shared votes
20 Aye 81 No
28 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 43 shared votes
28 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 8 No
Transport 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 19 shared votes
2 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 2 No
Education 100% aligned 13 shared votes
11 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 11 No
Benefits 77% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 8 No
Energy 81% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 81% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
86 Aye 37 No
Tax 85% aligned 123 shared votes
80 Aye 43 No
10 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 90% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

54.1 %
19 % below average
Rank 610 of 647
Participation
58.3 %
15 % below average
Rank 588 of 647
1,257
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,355
2,323 eligible divisions
725
57.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
745
55.0 % of votes cast
532
42.3 % of votes cast
No votes
610
45.0 % of votes cast
12
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

48
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 647
Appearances
43
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 647
640
+526.2 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 647
Contributions
49
-64.8 vs Commons average
Rank 464 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,535,264
all imported IPSA years
£287,702
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£358,048
58 % above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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

Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#1
Migration
161 of 169 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Trade
58 of 88 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
Democracy / Parliament
28 of 43 votes
#4
Trade
72 of 88 votes
Environment / Climate
29 of 45 votes
#5
Benefits
65 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 23 Feb 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 23 Feb 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: Amendment 1 23 Feb 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 25 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 50 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: Reasoned Amendment on Second Reading 10 Feb 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Clean Heat Market Mechanism Regulations 2024 15 Jan 2025
Aye
Aye
Draft Official Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2024 15 Jan 2025
Aye
Aye
Draft Movement of Goods (Northern Ireland to Great Britain) (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Transitory Provision and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024 11 Dec 2024
Aye
Aye
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: Third Reading 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 20 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: Amendment 25 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 34: Value added tax (private school fees) 6 Nov 2024
Education Tax
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API