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David Smith vs Richard Tice

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
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Richard Tice
RUK Boston and Skegness

Voting alignment

David Smith and Richard Tice voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 221 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 206 different votes 221 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
2 Aye 6 No
Migration 25% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 9 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 7 No
Transport 11% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
13 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 2 No
Energy 0% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 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
51.7%
21% below average
Rank 618 of 649
411
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
305
590 eligible divisions
202
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
146
47.9% of votes cast
209
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
159
52.1% of votes cast
16
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
11
3.6% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

74
-8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 649
Appearances
180
+97.7 vs Commons average
Rank 27 of 649
100
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 649
Contributions
259
+115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 79 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
£176,036
all imported IPSA years
£182,965
19% below average
Latest expenses
£176,036
22% below average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
23
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
6 of 9 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#5
Defence
22 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
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
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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