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Lisa Smart vs John McDonnell

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


Voting alignment

Lisa Smart and John McDonnell voted the same way 28% of the time, based on 343 shared comparable votes.

96 same votes 247 different votes 343 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 4 No
Migration 83% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 7 No
Benefits 59% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 57% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 55% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 1 No
Energy 55% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 7 shared votes
0 Aye 7 No
27 Aye 36 No
Tax 5% aligned 63 shared votes
39 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 4 No
Transport 6% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 11% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 12% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 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
79.2%
7% above average
Rank 218 of 649
392
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
216
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
176
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
860
45.7% of votes cast
2
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

174
+90.4 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 650
Appearances
128
+44.4 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 650
247
+101.3 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 650
Contributions
161
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 183 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
£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
£239,061
6% above average
Latest expenses
£269,647
19% above average
21
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
63 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#5
Defence
63 of 71 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