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Alan Strickland vs Rebecca Smith

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

Photograph of Alan Strickland
Alan Strickland
Lab Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
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Photograph of Rebecca Smith
Rebecca Smith
Con South West Devon

Voting alignment

Alan Strickland and Rebecca Smith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 329 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 311 different votes 329 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
5 Aye 4 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 6 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
20 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
43 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
35 Aye 43 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
35 Aye 43 No
21 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

88.1%
16% above average
Rank 42 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 419 of 649
520
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
416
590 eligible divisions
260
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
196
47.1% of votes cast
260
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
220
52.9% of votes cast
12
2.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

33
-50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 539 of 649
Appearances
150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 649
34
-111.9 vs Commons average
Rank 565 of 649
Contributions
268
+122.1 vs Commons average
Rank 76 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£174,611
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£213,132
all imported IPSA years
£174,611
23% below average
Latest expenses
£213,132
6% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Transport
29 of 29 votes
#2
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#5
Tax
88 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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