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Laura Kyrke-Smith vs Claire Hughes

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

Photograph of Laura Kyrke-Smith
Laura Kyrke-Smith
Lab Aylesbury
vs
Photograph of Claire Hughes
Claire Hughes
Lab Bangor Aberconwy

Voting alignment

Laura Kyrke-Smith and Claire Hughes voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 483 shared comparable votes.

482 same votes 1 different votes 483 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
49 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
49 Aye 38 No
23 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
26 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
26 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 88% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
49 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
49 Aye 38 No
23 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

87.7%
15% above average
Rank 44 of 650
Participation
90.3%
18% above average
Rank 18 of 650
550
627 eligible divisions
Total votes
566
627 eligible divisions
276
50.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
290
51.2% of votes cast
274
49.8% of votes cast
No votes
276
48.8% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

109
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 650
Appearances
0
-93.9 vs Commons average
Rank 645 of 650
131
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 650
Contributions
0
-163.5 vs Commons average
Rank 644 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£198,951
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£180,797
all imported IPSA years
£198,951
12% below average
Latest expenses
£180,797
20% below average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging) 3 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
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