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Dave Doogan vs Sarah Smith

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


Voting alignment

Dave Doogan and Sarah Smith voted the same way 39% of the time, based on 115 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 70 different votes 115 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
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
3 Aye 1 No
Transport 75% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 63% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 0 No
Defence 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
24 Aye 23 No
Tax 17% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
4 Aye 4 No
Energy 25% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 6 No
Benefits 31% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 0 No
Defence 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 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
62.4%
10% below average
Rank 551 of 649
799
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
368
590 eligible divisions
433
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
52.7% of votes cast
366
45.8% 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
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

92
+8.4 vs Commons average
Rank 207 of 650
Appearances
64
-19.6 vs Commons average
Rank 350 of 650
156
+10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 194 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

£1,355,209
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,060
all imported IPSA years
£322,192
42% above average
Latest expenses
£195,060
14% below average
2
2 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

Trade
47 of 53 votes
#1
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Brexit / EU
53 of 63 votes
#2
Migration
10 of 13 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 41 votes
#3
Defence
25 of 34 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
Migration
121 of 154 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