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James Wild vs Nick 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 Nick Smith
Nick Smith
Lab Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney

Voting alignment

James Wild and Nick Smith voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,024 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 979 different votes 1,024 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
11 Aye 20 No
Energy 6% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 26 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
56 Aye 33 No
Migration 4% aligned 89 shared votes
29 Aye 60 No
14 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 60 shared votes
34 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 38 shared votes
10 Aye 28 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
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 313 of 649
1,425
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
709
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
716
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
763
42.9% of votes cast
13
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

133
+49.4 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 650
Appearances
95
+11.4 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 650
244
+98.3 vs Commons average
Rank 91 of 650
Contributions
125
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£985,585
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£228,734
1% above average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Education
89 of 96 votes
Trade
51 of 53 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Defence
66 of 70 votes
#3
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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 Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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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