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David Smith vs Liz Saville Roberts

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

Photograph of David Smith
David Smith
Lab North Northumberland
vs
Photograph of Liz Saville Roberts
Liz Saville Roberts
PC Dwyfor Meirionnydd

Voting alignment

David Smith and Liz Saville Roberts voted the same way 39% of the time, based on 228 shared comparable votes.

88 same votes 140 different votes 228 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 0 No
Trade 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
25 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 84% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 2 No
Energy 83% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
22 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 20% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
3 Aye 11 No
Defence 21% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 2 No
Housing 25% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 13 No
Benefits 29% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 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 436 of 649
Participation
71.1 %
2 % below average
Rank 406 of 649
401
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,679
2,361 eligible divisions
201
50.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
947
56.4 % of votes cast
200
49.9 % of votes cast
No votes
732
43.6 % of votes cast
14
3.5 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

72
-5.9 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650
Appearances
137
+59.1 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 650
95
-43.3 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 650
Contributions
180
+41.7 vs Commons average
Rank 146 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
£2,266,514
all imported IPSA years
£182,965
19 % below average
Latest expenses
£324,256
43 % above average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
17
6 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
205 of 211 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Trade
80 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Benefits
68 of 81 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#4
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#5
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
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