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Lisa Smart vs Bill Esterson

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


Voting alignment

Lisa Smart and Bill Esterson voted the same way 18% of the time, based on 284 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 234 different votes 284 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
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 75% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 6 No
Housing 40% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 36% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 8 shared votes
0 Aye 8 No
26 Aye 36 No
Tax 5% aligned 62 shared votes
39 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 6% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 15 No
Education 7% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 18 shared votes
10 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 501 of 649
Participation
71.0 %
2 % below average
Rank 407 of 649
380
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,677
2,361 eligible divisions
206
54.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
942
56.2 % of votes cast
174
45.8 % of votes cast
No votes
735
43.8 % of votes cast
2
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

158
+80.1 vs Commons average
Rank 41 of 650
Appearances
54
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 650
215
+76.7 vs Commons average
Rank 108 of 650
Contributions
77
-61.3 vs Commons average
Rank 399 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
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£239,061
6 % above average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25 % above average
20
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

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