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Lisa Smart vs Chris Philp

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


Voting alignment

Lisa Smart and Chris Philp voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 234 shared comparable votes.

188 same votes 46 different votes 234 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
6 Aye 3 No
Transport 100% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
23 Aye 31 No
Tax 96% aligned 54 shared votes
21 Aye 33 No
4 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 95% aligned 20 shared votes
3 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 13 No
Education 92% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
4 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 83% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 0 No
Energy 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 6 No
Housing 53% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 2 No
Benefits 67% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

66.4%
6% below average
Rank 493 of 649
Participation
83.3%
11% above average
Rank 128 of 649
392
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,979
2,376 eligible divisions
216
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
959
48.5% of votes cast
176
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,020
51.5% of votes cast
2
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
17
0.9% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

172
+90.2 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 649
Appearances
56
-25.8 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 649
245
+102.5 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 649
Contributions
85
-57.5 vs Commons average
Rank 382 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
£1,743,577
all imported IPSA years
£239,061
6% above average
Latest expenses
£215,599
5% below average
21
4 registered categories
Registered interests
11
5 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
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#3
Migration
160 of 171 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#4
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API