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Dave Doogan vs Nick Smith

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


Voting alignment

Dave Doogan and Nick Smith voted the same way 85% of the time, based on 629 shared comparable votes.

536 same votes 93 different votes 629 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
20 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 20 No
Trade 100% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
64 Aye 41 No
Tax 54% aligned 105 shared votes
74 Aye 31 No
20 Aye 11 No
Benefits 71% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 9 No
Energy 74% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
17 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 81% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 8 No
Transport 85% aligned 13 shared votes
5 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
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 313 of 649
799
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
433
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
366
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
763
42.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

92
+10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 199 of 649
Appearances
95
+13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 649
156
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
125
-17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 244 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
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£322,192
42% above average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
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

Trade
47 of 53 votes
#1
Education
89 of 96 votes
Brexit / EU
53 of 63 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 41 votes
#3
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 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