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Dave Doogan vs Jeff Smith

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


Voting alignment

Dave Doogan and Jeff Smith voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 552 shared comparable votes.

458 same votes 94 different votes 552 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
15 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 8 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 37 No
Tax 50% aligned 88 shared votes
63 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 10 No
Benefits 57% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 9 No
Energy 67% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 81% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 8 No
Transport 86% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

48.2%
24% below average
Rank 624 of 649
Participation
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 649
799
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
433
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
366
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
863
45.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

92
+10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 199 of 649
Appearances
55
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
156
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
71
-71.3 vs Commons average
Rank 431 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,355,209
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£322,192
42% above average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Trade
47 of 53 votes
#1
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
53 of 63 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 41 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

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