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David Smith vs Gill Furniss

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


Voting alignment

David Smith and Gill Furniss voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 329 shared comparable votes.

326 same votes 3 different votes 329 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
42 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
42 Aye 27 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 11 No
Transport 100% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 97% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
42 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
42 Aye 27 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

71.3%
1% below average
Rank 394 of 650
Participation
71.2%
1% below average
Rank 395 of 650
450
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,684
2,366 eligible divisions
222
49.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
928
55.1% of votes cast
228
50.7% of votes cast
No votes
756
44.9% of votes cast
16
3.6% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
10 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2016

Debates

96
+1.5 vs Commons average
Rank 238 of 650
Appearances
40
-54.5 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 650
138
-26.6 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 650
Contributions
35
-129.6 vs Commons average
Rank 586 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
£2,125,000
all imported IPSA years
£182,965
19% below average
Latest expenses
£322,640
43% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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

#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
181 of 212 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
68 of 82 votes
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
#4
Housing
51 of 62 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API