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Chris Law vs Sarah Smith

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


Voting alignment

Chris Law and Sarah Smith voted the same way 39% of the time, based on 108 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 66 different votes 108 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
4 Aye 0 No
Education 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
11 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 80% aligned 15 shared votes
14 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 80% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 75% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 1 No
Transport 75% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 4 No
Energy 14% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
26 Aye 24 No
Tax 18% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 33% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 75% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 1 No
Transport 75% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No

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

Voting record

51.5%
21% below average
Rank 619 of 649
Participation
62.4%
10% below average
Rank 551 of 649
1,223
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
368
590 eligible divisions
674
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
52.7% of votes cast
549
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
174
47.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.8% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

57
-26.6 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 650
Appearances
64
-19.6 vs Commons average
Rank 350 of 650
64
-81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 463 of 650
Contributions
83
-62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,060
all imported IPSA years
£345,624
53% above average
Latest expenses
£195,060
14% below average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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

Brexit / EU
196 of 211 votes
#1
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
10 of 13 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Defence
25 of 34 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
Trade
61 of 91 votes
#5
Education
36 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API