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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 265 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 260 different votes 265 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 6 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 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
23 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 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

69.7 %
3 % below average
Rank 436 of 649
Participation
83.5 %
11 % above average
Rank 128 of 649
401
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,971
2,361 eligible divisions
201
50.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
952
48.3 % of votes cast
200
49.9 % of votes cast
No votes
1,019
51.7 % of votes cast
14
3.5 % of votes cast
Against party
15
0.8 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

72
-5.9 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650
Appearances
59
-18.9 vs Commons average
Rank 372 of 650
95
-43.3 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 650
Contributions
89
-49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 356 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
11
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
13 of 13 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Migration
160 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#5
Trade
82 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API