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James Wild vs David Smith

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

Photograph of James Wild
James Wild
Con North West Norfolk
vs
Photograph of David Smith
David Smith
Lab North Northumberland

Voting alignment

James Wild and David Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 281 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 275 different votes 281 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 7 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 12% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
25 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
7 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
28 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
7 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
28 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 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 78 of 649
Participation
69.7%
3% below average
Rank 435 of 649
1,425
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
411
590 eligible divisions
709
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
202
49.1% of votes cast
716
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
209
50.9% of votes cast
13
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
16
3.9% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

130
+47.7 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 649
Appearances
74
-8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 649
240
+96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 94 of 649
Contributions
100
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£985,585
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£182,965
all imported IPSA years
£228,734
1% above average
Latest expenses
£182,965
19% below average
5
3 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
24 of 24 votes
Trade
51 of 53 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Defence
66 of 70 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
#4
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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