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Lisa Smart vs Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst

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


Voting alignment

Lisa Smart and Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 287 shared comparable votes.

237 same votes 50 different votes 287 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 4 No
Transport 100% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
30 Aye 41 No
Tax 96% aligned 71 shared votes
27 Aye 44 No
13 Aye 21 No
Education 94% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 90% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 43% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 6 No
Housing 53% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 6 No
Benefits 56% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 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
78.1 %
5 % above average
Rank 243 of 649
380
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
449
575 eligible divisions
206
54.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
197
43.9 % of votes cast
174
45.8 % of votes cast
No votes
252
56.1 % of votes cast
2
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
15
3.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

158
+80.1 vs Commons average
Rank 41 of 650
Appearances
110
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 121 of 650
215
+76.7 vs Commons average
Rank 108 of 650
Contributions
136
-2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 204 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
£202,248
all imported IPSA years
£239,061
6 % above average
Latest expenses
£202,248
11 % below average
20
4 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
2
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#3
Tax
98 of 111 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#4
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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