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David Smith vs Sir James Cleverly

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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Sir James Cleverly
Con Braintree

Voting alignment

David Smith and Sir James Cleverly voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 267 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 254 different votes 267 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
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
28 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No
17 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No
17 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 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
69.7%
3% below average
Rank 434 of 649
411
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,656
2,376 eligible divisions
202
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
777
46.9% of votes cast
209
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
879
53.1% of votes cast
16
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

75
-8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 649
Appearances
44
-39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 487 of 649
101
-44.9 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 649
Contributions
90
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 372 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
£2,020,933
all imported IPSA years
£182,965
19% below average
Latest expenses
£266,795
18% above average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Transport
79 of 95 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Trade
73 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
52 of 69 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 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
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