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Caroline Voaden vs David Smith

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


Voting alignment

Caroline Voaden and David Smith voted the same way 14% of the time, based on 287 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 247 different votes 287 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 0 No
Energy 80% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 5 No
Housing 38% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 4 No
Transport 7% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 8% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
28 Aye 22 No
Tax 8% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No
8 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

69.1%
4% below average
Rank 445 of 649
Participation
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 440 of 649
405
586 eligible divisions
Total votes
407
586 eligible divisions
204
50.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
201
49.4% of votes cast
201
49.6% of votes cast
No votes
206
50.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

167
+86.4 vs Commons average
Rank 38 of 649
Appearances
73
-7.6 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 649
207
+66.5 vs Commons average
Rank 121 of 649
Contributions
98
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£193,283
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£182,965
all imported IPSA years
£193,283
15% below average
Latest expenses
£182,965
19% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
2
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

Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
Environment / Climate
7 of 9 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

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