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David Smith vs James Wild

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


Voting alignment

David Smith and James Wild voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 269 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 263 different votes 269 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 8 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
17 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 12% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
28 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
7 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
7 Aye 26 No
11 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

69.3 %
3 % below average
Rank 446 of 650
Participation
86.3 %
14 % above average
Rank 74 of 650
390
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,407
1,631 eligible divisions
194
49.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
699
49.7 % of votes cast
196
50.3 % of votes cast
No votes
708
50.3 % of votes cast
14
3.6 % of votes cast
Against party
11
0.8 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

60
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 331 of 650
Appearances
119
+48.1 vs Commons average
Rank 84 of 650
77
-48.8 vs Commons average
Rank 368 of 650
Contributions
229
+103.2 vs Commons average
Rank 75 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
£985,585
all imported IPSA years
£182,965
19 % below average
Latest expenses
£228,734
1 % above average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#2
Trade
49 of 51 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
35 of 37 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#5
Work / Employment
61 of 65 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API