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David Smith vs Dame Chi Onwurah

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


Voting alignment

David Smith and Dame Chi Onwurah voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 332 shared comparable votes.

331 same votes 1 different votes 332 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
21 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 97% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
21 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 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 435 of 649
Participation
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 279 of 649
411
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
202
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,005
55.5% of votes cast
209
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
807
44.5% of votes cast
16
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

75
-8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 649
Appearances
110
+26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
101
-44.9 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 649
Contributions
159
+13.1 vs Commons average
Rank 189 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£182,965
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,938,496
all imported IPSA years
£182,965
19% below average
Latest expenses
£303,201
34% above average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
14
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
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#4
Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#5
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API