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David Smith vs Chris Philp

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


Voting alignment

David Smith and Chris Philp voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 257 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 252 different votes 257 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
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
20 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
28 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
4 Aye 21 No
11 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
4 Aye 21 No
11 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

69.3 %
3 % below average
Rank 446 of 650
Participation
83.5 %
11 % above average
Rank 131 of 650
390
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,962
2,349 eligible divisions
194
49.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
948
48.3 % of votes cast
196
50.3 % of votes cast
No votes
1,014
51.7 % of votes cast
14
3.6 % of votes cast
Against party
15
0.8 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

60
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 331 of 650
Appearances
49
-21.9 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 650
77
-48.8 vs Commons average
Rank 368 of 650
Contributions
75
-50.8 vs Commons average
Rank 378 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£182,965
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,743,577
all imported IPSA years
£182,965
19 % below average
Latest expenses
£215,599
5 % below average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
5 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

#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Migration
159 of 169 votes
Work / Employment
35 of 37 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 89 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API