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David Smith vs Suella Braverman

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


Voting alignment

David Smith and Suella Braverman voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 162 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 153 different votes 162 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
5 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 23% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
21 Aye 14 No
Tax 0% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 14 No
Tax 0% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 2 No
Energy 0% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 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
68.5%
4% below average
Rank 453 of 649
411
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,627
2,376 eligible divisions
202
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
765
47.0% of votes cast
209
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
862
53.0% of votes cast
16
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

74
-8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 649
Appearances
59
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 378 of 649
100
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 649
Contributions
73
-70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 428 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
£1,671,241
all imported IPSA years
£182,965
19% below average
Latest expenses
£240,275
6% above average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
194 of 211 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#5
NHS / Health
43 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API