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Dr Luke Evans vs David Smith

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

Photograph of Dr Luke Evans
Dr Luke Evans
Con Hinckley and Bosworth
vs
Photograph of David Smith
David Smith
Lab North Northumberland

Voting alignment

Dr Luke Evans and David Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 283 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 277 different votes 283 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
6 Aye 5 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
25 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
35 Aye 25 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
35 Aye 25 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

85.9 %
13 % above average
Rank 87 of 648
Participation
71.7 %
2 % below average
Rank 396 of 648
1,370
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
377
526 eligible divisions
658
48.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
191
50.7 % of votes cast
712
52.0 % of votes cast
No votes
186
49.3 % of votes cast
13
0.9 % of votes cast
Against party
14
3.7 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

141
+80.6 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 648
Appearances
44
-16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 380 of 648
410
+301.1 vs Commons average
Rank 18 of 648
Contributions
55
-53.9 vs Commons average
Rank 431 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,271,955
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£182,965
all imported IPSA years
£289,674
28 % above average
Latest expenses
£182,965
19 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 23 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Migration
146 of 152 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes
#4
Work / Employment
35 of 37 votes
Defence
55 of 58 votes
#5
Transport
19 of 21 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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