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Steve Witherden vs Neil O'Brien

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

Photograph of Steve Witherden
Steve Witherden
Lab Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr
vs
Photograph of Neil O'Brien
Neil O'Brien
Con Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

Voting alignment

Steve Witherden and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 352 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 348 different votes 352 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 5 No
Benefits 7% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
42 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
29 Aye 42 No
27 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
29 Aye 42 No
27 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
8 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 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

80.0%
8% above average
Rank 195 of 650
Participation
84.4%
12% above average
Rank 104 of 650
495
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,814
2,150 eligible divisions
252
50.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
49.4% of votes cast
243
49.1% of votes cast
No votes
917
50.6% of votes cast
2
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

60
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 406 of 650
Appearances
19
-69.5 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 650
77
-77.1 vs Commons average
Rank 445 of 650
Contributions
23
-131.1 vs Commons average
Rank 607 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£141,271
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£141,271
38% below average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38% above average
3
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

Energy
20 of 20 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
45 of 47 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
178 of 189 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#4
Trade
83 of 90 votes
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 63 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft ACAS Code of Practice on Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API