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Alex Mayer vs Rebecca 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 Rebecca Smith
Rebecca Smith
Con South West Devon

Voting alignment

Alex Mayer and Rebecca Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 331 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 323 different votes 331 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
6 Aye 4 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
20 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
43 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
33 Aye 43 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
33 Aye 43 No
28 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
8 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

95.5 %
23 % above average
Rank 1 of 650
Participation
69.7 %
3 % below average
Rank 437 of 650
533
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
389
558 eligible divisions
268
50.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
183
47.0 % of votes cast
265
49.7 % of votes cast
No votes
206
53.0 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

61
-8.8 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 650
Appearances
129
+59.2 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 650
68
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 404 of 650
Contributions
229
+105.1 vs Commons average
Rank 76 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£197,450
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£213,132
all imported IPSA years
£197,450
13 % below average
Latest expenses
£213,132
6 % below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
10
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

Crime / Justice
61 of 61 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Education
49 of 49 votes
#2
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Defence
33 of 33 votes
#4
Trade
4 of 5 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#5
Tax
85 of 108 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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