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Lisa Smart vs Andy McDonald

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


Voting alignment

Lisa Smart and Andy McDonald voted the same way 20% of the time, based on 346 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 278 different votes 346 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
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 1 No
Energy 58% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 50% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 6 No
Benefits 47% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 8 shared votes
0 Aye 8 No
32 Aye 34 No
Tax 5% aligned 66 shared votes
37 Aye 29 No
11 Aye 3 No
Transport 7% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 24 No
Education 7% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 9% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

66.1%
7% below average
Rank 500 of 650
Participation
75.6%
3% above average
Rank 294 of 650
397
601 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,805
2,387 eligible divisions
219
55.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,002
55.5% of votes cast
178
44.8% of votes cast
No votes
803
44.5% of votes cast
2
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

181
+95.4 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 650
Appearances
91
+5.4 vs Commons average
Rank 223 of 650
254
+104.9 vs Commons average
Rank 91 of 650
Contributions
126
-23.1 vs Commons average
Rank 268 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£239,061
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
£239,061
6% above average
Latest expenses
£296,890
31% above average
21
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
3
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Work / Employment
74 of 80 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 10 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API