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Lisa Smart vs Mark Garnier

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


Voting alignment

Lisa Smart and Mark Garnier voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 268 shared comparable votes.

214 same votes 54 different votes 268 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
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
12 Aye 21 No
Education 97% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
30 Aye 28 No
Tax 95% aligned 58 shared votes
27 Aye 31 No
4 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 3 No
Transport 91% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 43% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 6 No
Housing 53% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 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
83.5%
11% above average
Rank 121 of 649
392
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,985
2,376 eligible divisions
216
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
970
48.9% of votes cast
176
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
51.1% of votes cast
2
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

174
+90.3 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 649
Appearances
76
-7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
247
+101.1 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 649
Contributions
123
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 263 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
£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
£239,061
6% above average
Latest expenses
£260,744
15% above average
21
4 registered categories
Registered interests
22
7 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
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#5
Migration
152 of 171 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