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David Smith vs Ed Davey
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
David Smith and Ed Davey voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 185 shared comparable votes.
30 same votes
155 different votes
185 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
69.3%
3% below average
Participation
60.2%
13% below average
402
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,271
2,111 eligible divisions
201
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
713
56.1% of votes cast
201
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
558
43.9% of votes cast
14
3.5% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Debates
74
-4.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
64
-14.7 vs Commons average
99
-38.1 vs Commons average
Contributions
105
-32.1 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£182,965
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
£182,965
19% below average
Latest expenses
£294,578
30% above average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
11
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API