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David Smith vs Gareth Davies

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

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David Smith
Lab North Northumberland
vs
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Gareth Davies
Con Grantham and Bourne

Voting alignment

David Smith and Gareth Davies voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 251 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 233 different votes 251 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
5 Aye 7 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 6 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
20 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
31 Aye 27 No
Tax 2% aligned 58 shared votes
26 Aye 32 No
13 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 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
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 129 of 649
411
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,380
1,658 eligible divisions
202
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
691
50.1% of votes cast
209
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
689
49.9% of votes cast
16
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

74
-8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 649
Appearances
48
-34.3 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649
100
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 649
Contributions
62
-81.5 vs Commons average
Rank 469 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
£1,160,498
all imported IPSA years
£182,965
19% below average
Latest expenses
£271,157
20% above average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 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

Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Migration
147 of 154 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Trade
50 of 53 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
155 of 174 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
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 145 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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
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 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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