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Alicia Kearns vs Nick Smith

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

Photograph of Alicia Kearns
Alicia Kearns
Con Rutland and Stamford
vs
Photograph of Nick Smith
Nick Smith
Lab Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney

Voting alignment

Alicia Kearns and Nick Smith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 841 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 802 different votes 841 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
21 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 15% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 17 No
Energy 8% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 15 No
Benefits 7% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
59 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 108 shared votes
50 Aye 58 No
15 Aye 26 No
Education 2% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 20 No
Migration 0% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
11 Aye 30 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
30 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

69.9%
3% below average
Rank 433 of 649
Participation
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 313 of 649
1,159
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
575
49.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
584
50.4% of votes cast
No votes
763
42.9% of votes cast
27
2.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

127
+44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 649
Appearances
95
+12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 649
182
+38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 154 of 649
Contributions
125
-18.5 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,417,308
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£320,176
42% above average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11% above average
12
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Education
89 of 96 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 47 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 44 votes
#3
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Crime / Justice
143 of 174 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Housing
44 of 54 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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