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Keir Mather vs Nick Smith

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

Photograph of Keir Mather
Keir Mather
Lab Selby
vs
Photograph of Nick Smith
Nick Smith
Lab Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney

Voting alignment

Keir Mather and Nick Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 452 shared comparable votes.

452 same votes 0 different votes 452 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
42 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
42 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
31 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
31 Aye 13 No
25 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 22 No
Migration 100% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
42 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
31 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
31 Aye 13 No
25 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 22 No
Migration 100% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

75.6%
3% above average
Rank 296 of 649
Participation
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 313 of 649
602
796 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
294
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
308
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
763
42.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
3 years, 2 months
Since 20 Jul 2023
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

103
+19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 649
Appearances
95
+11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 649
546
+400.1 vs Commons average
Rank 16 of 649
Contributions
125
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£451,152
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£306,391
35% above 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

Education
50 of 52 votes
#1
Education
89 of 96 votes
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Transport
31 of 33 votes
#3
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
12 of 14 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

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
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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