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Dame Chi Onwurah vs David Smith

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

Photograph of Dame Chi Onwurah
Dame Chi Onwurah
Lab Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
vs
Photograph of David Smith
David Smith
Lab North Northumberland

Voting alignment

Dame Chi Onwurah and David Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 332 shared comparable votes.

331 same votes 1 different votes 332 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
21 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 97% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
21 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

76.3%
4% above average
Rank 279 of 649
Participation
69.7%
3% below average
Rank 435 of 649
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
411
590 eligible divisions
1,005
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
202
49.1% of votes cast
807
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
209
50.9% of votes cast
18
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
16
3.9% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

110
+26.4 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 650
Appearances
75
-8.6 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 650
159
+13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 189 of 650
Contributions
101
-44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,938,496
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£182,965
all imported IPSA years
£303,201
34% above average
Latest expenses
£182,965
19% below average
14
5 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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
#4
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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