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David Smith vs Danny Kruger

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

Photograph of David Smith
David Smith
Lab North Northumberland
vs
Photograph of Danny Kruger
Danny Kruger
RUK East Wiltshire

Voting alignment

David Smith and Danny Kruger voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 229 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 206 different votes 229 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
7 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 19% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 8 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 6 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
31 Aye 19 No
Tax 2% aligned 50 shared votes
18 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 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
78.6%
6% above average
Rank 227 of 649
411
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,304
1,658 eligible divisions
202
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
645
49.5% of votes cast
209
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
659
50.5% of votes cast
16
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

75
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
Appearances
65
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 649
101
-41.3 vs Commons average
Rank 324 of 649
Contributions
69
-73.3 vs Commons average
Rank 440 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
£1,285,037
all imported IPSA years
£182,965
19% below average
Latest expenses
£287,990
27% above average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 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

Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
49 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Trade
51 of 53 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#4
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 9 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
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