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Bobby Dean vs Nick Smith

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


Voting alignment

Bobby Dean and Nick Smith voted the same way 14% of the time, based on 293 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 251 different votes 293 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 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 56% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 25 No
Education 3% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
29 Aye 36 No
Tax 5% aligned 65 shared votes
39 Aye 26 No
12 Aye 3 No
Transport 7% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 8% aligned 25 shared votes
20 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

69.3 %
3 % below average
Rank 448 of 650
Participation
74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 326 of 650
390
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,756
2,349 eligible divisions
203
52.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,005
57.2 % of votes cast
187
47.9 % of votes cast
No votes
751
42.8 % of votes cast
2
0.5 % 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

76
+5.1 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 650
Appearances
75
+4.1 vs Commons average
Rank 218 of 650
91
-34.8 vs Commons average
Rank 313 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

£178,307
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£178,307
21 % below average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
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
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Work / Employment
69 of 75 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#3
Housing
58 of 66 votes
Education
41 of 49 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Benefits
24 of 30 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