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David Smith vs John Glen

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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John Glen
Con Salisbury

Voting alignment

David Smith and John Glen voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 286 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 271 different votes 286 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
3 Aye 8 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
22 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 32 shared votes
9 Aye 23 No
30 Aye 26 No
Tax 2% aligned 56 shared votes
25 Aye 31 No
17 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 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
82.6%
10% above average
Rank 143 of 649
411
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,962
2,376 eligible divisions
202
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
942
48.0% of votes cast
209
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,020
52.0% of votes cast
16
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

75
-8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 649
Appearances
133
+49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 95 of 649
101
-44.9 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 649
Contributions
160
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 186 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
£2,848,010
all imported IPSA years
£182,965
19% below average
Latest expenses
£289,316
28% above average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
203 of 211 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Energy
63 of 70 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
54 of 60 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
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
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
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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
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
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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