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Fred Thomas vs David Smith
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Fred Thomas and David Smith voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 330 shared comparable votes.
321 same votes
9 different votes
330 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
68.7%
4% below average
Participation
71.1%
1% below average
437
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
452
636 eligible divisions
255
58.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
224
49.6% of votes cast
182
41.6% of votes cast
No votes
228
50.4% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
16
3.5% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
58
-39.0 vs Commons average
Appearances
98
+1.0 vs Commons average
79
-90.2 vs Commons average
Contributions
142
-27.2 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£225,625
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£182,965
all imported IPSA years
£225,625
same as average
Latest expenses
£182,965
19% below average
5
3 registered categories
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API