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David Smith vs Shivani Raja

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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Shivani Raja
Con Leicester East

Voting alignment

David Smith and Shivani Raja voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 265 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 244 different votes 265 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 8 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 18% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 6 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
29 Aye 18 No
Tax 2% aligned 47 shared votes
17 Aye 30 No
29 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
7 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
7 Aye 29 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 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
63.4%
9% below average
Rank 536 of 649
411
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
374
590 eligible divisions
202
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
187
50.0% of votes cast
209
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
187
50.0% of votes cast
16
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

74
-8.2 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 649
Appearances
16
-66.2 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649
100
-43.3 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Contributions
18
-125.3 vs Commons average
Rank 610 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
£205,066
all imported IPSA years
£182,965
19% below average
Latest expenses
£205,066
9% below average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Defence
29 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#5
Transport
22 of 29 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: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
Closure motion 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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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