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Alison Griffiths vs Nick Smith

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

Photograph of Alison Griffiths
Alison Griffiths
Con Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
vs
Photograph of Nick Smith
Nick Smith
Lab Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney

Voting alignment

Alison Griffiths and Nick Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 322 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 315 different votes 322 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
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 16 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
23 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
46 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
46 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
27 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
27 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

74.0 %
1 % above average
Rank 335 of 650
Participation
74.7 %
2 % above average
Rank 327 of 650
413
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,751
2,344 eligible divisions
180
43.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,003
57.3 % of votes cast
233
56.4 % of votes cast
No votes
748
42.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

88
+17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 152 of 650
Appearances
75
+4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 207 of 650
152
+27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 650
Contributions
106
-18.5 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£182,517
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£182,517
19 % below average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11 % above average
7
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

Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
#1
Education
88 of 95 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#2
Work / Employment
69 of 75 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#3
Housing
58 of 66 votes
Transport
21 of 26 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
8 of 10 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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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