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Lisa Smart vs Carla Lockhart

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

Photograph of Lisa Smart
Lisa Smart
LD Hazel Grove
vs
Photograph of Carla Lockhart
Carla Lockhart
DUP Upper Bann

Voting alignment

Lisa Smart and Carla Lockhart voted the same way 74% of the time, based on 183 shared comparable votes.

135 same votes 48 different votes 183 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
2 Aye 2 No
Transport 100% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
18 Aye 29 No
Tax 94% aligned 47 shared votes
15 Aye 32 No
6 Aye 5 No
Benefits 91% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 88% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 82% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 33% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
1 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 9 No
Education 69% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 2 No
Housing 71% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

66.0 %
7 % below average
Rank 501 of 649
Participation
45.6 %
27 % below average
Rank 627 of 649
375
568 eligible divisions
Total votes
746
1,636 eligible divisions
205
54.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
383
51.3 % of votes cast
170
45.3 % of votes cast
No votes
363
48.7 % of votes cast
2
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

161
+85.9 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 649
Appearances
170
+94.9 vs Commons average
Rank 27 of 649
219
+85.7 vs Commons average
Rank 101 of 649
Contributions
192
+58.7 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£239,061
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,275,108
all imported IPSA years
£239,061
6 % above average
Latest expenses
£258,626
14 % above average
22
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Foreign Affairs
41 of 50 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
46 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
38 of 55 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
100 of 174 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
24 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms 24 Feb 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 2 27 Jan 2026
No
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API