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David Smith vs Mrs Kemi Badenoch

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


Voting alignment

David Smith and Mrs Kemi Badenoch voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 123 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 117 different votes 123 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 2 No
Crime / Justice 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
21 Aye 14 No
Tax 0% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
4 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 14 No
Tax 0% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
4 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 7 shared votes
4 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
66.7%
6% below average
Rank 484 of 649
411
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,415
2,121 eligible divisions
202
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
702
49.6% of votes cast
209
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
713
50.4% of votes cast
16
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

75
-8.6 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 650
Appearances
66
-17.6 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 650
101
-44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 650
Contributions
277
+131.3 vs Commons average
Rank 69 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
£1,740,878
all imported IPSA years
£182,965
19% below average
Latest expenses
£278,687
23% above average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
19
5 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

#1
Brexit / EU
167 of 188 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Trade
73 of 87 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Migration
134 of 163 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#5
Energy
45 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API