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Anna Dixon vs David Smith

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

Photograph of Anna Dixon
Anna Dixon
Lab Shipley
vs
Photograph of David Smith
David Smith
Lab North Northumberland

Voting alignment

Anna Dixon and David Smith voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 389 shared comparable votes.

387 same votes 2 different votes 389 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
33 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
33 Aye 32 No
30 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
30 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 94% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
33 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
33 Aye 32 No
30 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
30 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

84.4%
12% above average
Rank 104 of 650
Participation
70.8%
2% below average
Rank 403 of 650
523
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
439
620 eligible divisions
262
50.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
214
48.7% of votes cast
261
49.9% of votes cast
No votes
225
51.3% of votes cast
14
2.7% of votes cast
Against party
16
3.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

169
+76.0 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 650
Appearances
97
+4.0 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 650
332
+170.0 vs Commons average
Rank 56 of 650
Contributions
138
-24.0 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£182,077
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£182,965
all imported IPSA years
£182,077
19% below average
Latest expenses
£182,965
19% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Energy
19 of 20 votes
#4
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
Transport
28 of 30 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye rebel
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API