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Lisa Smart vs Liz Kendall

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


Voting alignment

Lisa Smart and Liz Kendall voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 183 shared comparable votes.

27 same votes 156 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
8 Aye 0 No
Energy 88% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 2 No
Housing 20% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
13 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 2 No
Transport 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 2 No
Defence 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

66.3%
5% below average
Rank 484 of 649
Participation
64.3%
7% below average
Rank 514 of 649
386
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,522
2,368 eligible divisions
211
54.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
872
57.3% of votes cast
175
45.3% of votes cast
No votes
650
42.7% of votes cast
2
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

169
+89.0 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 649
Appearances
38
-42.0 vs Commons average
Rank 507 of 649
242
+102.6 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 649
Contributions
542
+402.6 vs Commons average
Rank 16 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
£2,620,750
all imported IPSA years
£239,061
6% above average
Latest expenses
£249,722
10% above average
21
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
64 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#3
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#4
Benefits
62 of 81 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#5
Migration
126 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API