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Dame Chi Onwurah vs Rebecca 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 Rebecca Smith
Rebecca Smith
Con South West Devon

Voting alignment

Dame Chi Onwurah and Rebecca Smith voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 275 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 254 different votes 275 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 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 3 No
Benefits 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
19 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
24 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
8 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 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
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 419 of 649
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
416
590 eligible divisions
1,005
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
196
47.1% of votes cast
807
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
220
52.9% of votes cast
18
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

109
+26.8 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 649
Appearances
147
+64.8 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
158
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
265
+121.7 vs Commons average
Rank 76 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,938,496
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£213,132
all imported IPSA years
£303,201
34% above average
Latest expenses
£213,132
6% below average
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
2
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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
#4
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#5
Tax
88 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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