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Alex Mayer vs Nick Smith

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

Photograph of Alex Mayer
Alex Mayer
Lab Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
vs
Photograph of Nick Smith
Nick Smith
Lab Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney

Voting alignment

Alex Mayer and Nick Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 405 shared comparable votes.

405 same votes 0 different votes 405 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
52 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
52 Aye 36 No
31 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
26 Aye 21 No
28 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
52 Aye 36 No
31 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
26 Aye 21 No
28 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

95.4 %
22 % above average
Rank 1 of 648
Participation
74.4 %
1 % above average
Rank 335 of 648
502
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,312 eligible divisions
259
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
994
57.8 % of votes cast
243
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
726
42.2 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 0 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

48
-12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 341 of 648
Appearances
62
+1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 215 of 648
49
-59.9 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 648
Contributions
90
-18.9 vs Commons average
Rank 261 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£197,450
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£197,450
13 % below average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11 % above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
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

Crime / Justice
61 of 61 votes
#1
Education
88 of 95 votes
Education
49 of 49 votes
#2
Work / Employment
69 of 75 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#3
Housing
58 of 66 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
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