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Jessica Morden vs David Smith

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


Voting alignment

Jessica Morden and David Smith voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 389 shared comparable votes.

377 same votes 12 different votes 389 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
44 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
44 Aye 31 No
32 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 40 shared votes
32 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 12 No
Transport 100% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 97% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
44 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
44 Aye 31 No
32 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 40 shared votes
32 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

78.4%
6% above average
Rank 233 of 650
Participation
71.1%
1% below average
Rank 399 of 650
1,898
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
452
636 eligible divisions
1,051
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
224
49.6% of votes cast
847
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
228
50.4% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
16
3.5% of votes cast
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

72
-25.0 vs Commons average
Rank 370 of 650
Appearances
98
+1.0 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 650
72
-97.2 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 650
Contributions
142
-27.2 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,752,356
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£182,965
all imported IPSA years
£297,501
32% above average
Latest expenses
£182,965
19% below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
2
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

Defence
68 of 71 votes
#1
Work / Employment
75 of 80 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#4
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API