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David Smith vs Priti Patel

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


Voting alignment

David Smith and Priti Patel voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 239 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 226 different votes 239 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 6 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
22 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
32 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
23 Aye 32 No
25 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
0 Aye 25 No
10 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
23 Aye 32 No
25 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
0 Aye 25 No
10 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
1 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 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 435 of 649
Participation
61.7%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 649
411
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
202
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
666
45.4% of votes cast
209
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
800
54.6% of votes cast
16
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0% 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
68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
101
-44.9 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 649
Contributions
95
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 356 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
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£182,965
19% below average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
12
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
189 of 211 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Housing
52 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#5
Tax
217 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API