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Lisa Smart vs Paul Holmes

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


Voting alignment

Lisa Smart and Paul Holmes voted the same way 75% of the time, based on 259 shared comparable votes.

195 same votes 64 different votes 259 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
28 Aye 27 No
Tax 95% aligned 55 shared votes
25 Aye 30 No
10 Aye 13 No
Education 91% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
3 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 90% aligned 21 shared votes
1 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 56% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 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
85.0%
12% above average
Rank 93 of 649
392
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,410
1,658 eligible divisions
216
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
702
49.8% of votes cast
176
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
708
50.2% of votes cast
2
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

172
+89.7 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 649
Appearances
112
+29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 649
245
+101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 649
Contributions
385
+241.5 vs Commons average
Rank 39 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
£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
£239,061
6% above average
Latest expenses
£234,722
4% above average
21
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
63 of 63 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#4
Trade
50 of 53 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 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