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Ben Maguire vs Nick Smith

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


Voting alignment

Ben Maguire and Nick Smith voted the same way 14% of the time, based on 272 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 233 different votes 272 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
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 83% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 36% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 8 No
Benefits 25% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 2 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 2 No
Transport 0% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
34 Aye 31 No
Tax 6% aligned 65 shared votes
35 Aye 30 No
6 Aye 6 No
Defence 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 11% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

62.2 %
11 % below average
Rank 558 of 647
Participation
74.5 %
1 % above average
Rank 332 of 647
334
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,731
2,323 eligible divisions
176
52.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
996
57.5 % of votes cast
158
47.3 % of votes cast
No votes
735
42.5 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % 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

86
+22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 647
Appearances
63
-0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 647
99
-14.8 vs Commons average
Rank 247 of 647
Contributions
91
-22.8 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£178,125
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£178,125
21 % below average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11 % above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
3
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Education
88 of 95 votes
Trade
4 of 4 votes
#2
Work / Employment
69 of 75 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#3
Housing
58 of 66 votes
Defence
19 of 22 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 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