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David Smith vs Tom Tugendhat

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 Tom Tugendhat
Tom Tugendhat
Con Tonbridge

Voting alignment

David Smith and Tom Tugendhat voted the same way 11% of the time, based on 197 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 176 different votes 197 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
0 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 23% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
26 Aye 13 No
Tax 3% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No
11 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 2 No
Energy 0% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 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
73.2%
1% above average
Rank 354 of 649
411
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,740
2,376 eligible divisions
202
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
835
48.0% of votes cast
209
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
905
52.0% of votes cast
16
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

75
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
Appearances
67
-14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 649
101
-41.3 vs Commons average
Rank 324 of 649
Contributions
119
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 273 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
£2,161,547
all imported IPSA years
£182,965
19% below average
Latest expenses
£287,101
27% above average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
45
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Migration
141 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#4
Benefits
65 of 81 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#5
Transport
72 of 95 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 Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
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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