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Alison Bennett vs Nick Smith

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


Voting alignment

Alison Bennett and Nick Smith voted the same way 14% of the time, based on 328 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 282 different votes 328 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
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 1 No
Energy 60% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 8 No
Benefits 27% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 22 No
Education 3% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
34 Aye 43 No
Tax 4% aligned 77 shared votes
46 Aye 31 No
12 Aye 3 No
Transport 7% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 11% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 13% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

71.9 %
1 % below average
Rank 387 of 650
Participation
74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 326 of 650
405
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,756
2,349 eligible divisions
216
53.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,005
57.2 % of votes cast
189
46.7 % of votes cast
No votes
751
42.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

131
+60.1 vs Commons average
Rank 66 of 650
Appearances
75
+4.1 vs Commons average
Rank 218 of 650
149
+23.2 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 650
Contributions
104
-21.8 vs Commons average
Rank 261 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£141,775
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£141,775
37 % below average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11 % above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
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

#1
Education
88 of 95 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Work / Employment
69 of 75 votes
Trade
5 of 5 votes
#3
Housing
58 of 66 votes
Housing
26 of 31 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Defence
27 of 33 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API