The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Tuesday 10 November 2026.

Compare

Douglas Lumsden vs David Smith

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

Photograph of Douglas Lumsden
Douglas Lumsden
Con Aberdeen South
vs
Photograph of David Smith
David Smith
Lab North Northumberland

Voting alignment

Douglas Lumsden and David Smith voted the same way 0% of the time, based on 51 shared comparable votes.

0 same votes 51 different votes 51 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
9 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 6 No
Tax 0% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
0 Aye 6 No
Trade 0% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
0 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 1 No
Defence 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 6 No
Tax 0% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
0 Aye 6 No
Trade 0% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
0 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 1 No
Defence 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

78.6%
6% above average
Rank 231 of 650
Participation
71.3%
1% below average
Rank 394 of 650
66
84 eligible divisions
Total votes
450
631 eligible divisions
31
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
222
49.3% of votes cast
35
53.0% of votes cast
No votes
228
50.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
16
3.6% of votes cast
4 months
Since 18 Jun 2026
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

86
-8.2 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 650
Appearances
95
+0.8 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 650
140
-24.1 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 650
Contributions
136
-28.1 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£182,965
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
Latest expenses
£182,965
19% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
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

Foreign Affairs
13 of 13 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Trade
6 of 6 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Work / Employment
5 of 5 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Democracy / Parliament
4 of 4 votes
#4
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
Environment / Climate
4 of 4 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API