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Lisa Smart vs Dr Zubir Ahmed

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


Voting alignment

Lisa Smart and Dr Zubir Ahmed 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
9 Aye 1 No
Energy 70% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 6 No
Housing 54% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 7 shared votes
0 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 22 No
Education 5% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 30 No
Tax 6% aligned 52 shared votes
33 Aye 19 No
5 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 7% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 5 No
Benefits 7% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 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
73.2 %
1 % above average
Rank 355 of 649
380
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
421
575 eligible divisions
206
54.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
225
53.4 % of votes cast
174
45.8 % of votes cast
No votes
196
46.6 % of votes cast
2
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
12
2.9 % 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
65
-12.9 vs Commons average
Rank 325 of 650
215
+76.7 vs Commons average
Rank 108 of 650
Contributions
120
-18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 236 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
£243,911
all imported IPSA years
£239,061
6 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,911
8 % above average
20
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#3
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#4
Education
44 of 50 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#5
Energy
17 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

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