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Josh Newbury vs Nick Smith

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


Voting alignment

Josh Newbury and Nick Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 388 shared comparable votes.

387 same votes 1 different votes 388 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
52 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
52 Aye 37 No
30 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
52 Aye 37 No
30 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

85.6 %
13 % above average
Rank 88 of 650
Participation
74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 326 of 650
483
564 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,757
2,350 eligible divisions
258
53.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,006
57.3 % of votes cast
225
46.6 % of votes cast
No votes
751
42.7 % of votes cast
12
2.5 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

108
+36.1 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 650
Appearances
80
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 650
124
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 207 of 650
Contributions
109
-18.6 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£109,414
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£109,414
52 % below average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11 % above average
1
1 registered category
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

Migration
11 of 11 votes
#1
Education
88 of 95 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Work / Employment
69 of 75 votes
Trade
5 of 5 votes
#3
Housing
58 of 66 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Education
48 of 49 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API