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David Smith vs Siân Berry

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 Siân Berry
Siân Berry
Green Brighton Pavilion

Voting alignment

David Smith and Siân Berry voted the same way 55% of the time, based on 330 shared comparable votes.

181 same votes 149 different votes 330 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 1 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
26 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 33 shared votes
27 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 5 No
Energy 90% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 9 No
Education 79% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
30 Aye 15 No
Tax 73% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 11% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 11 No
Benefits 27% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 29% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
24 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 32% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
3 Aye 6 No
Migration 44% aligned 9 shared votes
2 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
79.5%
7% above average
Rank 209 of 649
411
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
469
590 eligible divisions
202
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
259
55.2% of votes cast
209
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
210
44.8% of votes cast
16
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

75
-8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 649
Appearances
99
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
101
-44.9 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 649
Contributions
225
+79.1 vs Commons average
Rank 111 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
£220,854
all imported IPSA years
£182,965
19% below average
Latest expenses
£220,854
2% below average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#4
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
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 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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