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Lisa Smart vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Lisa Smart and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 207 shared comparable votes.

177 same votes 30 different votes 207 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
23 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 55 shared votes
23 Aye 32 No
4 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 3 No
Transport 100% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
9 Aye 19 No
Education 96% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 4 No
Benefits 43% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 2 No
Housing 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 80% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
13 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 83% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 83% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

65.9 %
7 % below average
Rank 504 of 650
Participation
80.9 %
8 % above average
Rank 191 of 650
365
554 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,892
2,340 eligible divisions
197
54.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
903
47.7 % of votes cast
168
46.0 % of votes cast
No votes
989
52.3 % of votes cast
2
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

136
+68.2 vs Commons average
Rank 41 of 650
Appearances
76
+8.2 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 650
190
+69.6 vs Commons average
Rank 97 of 650
Contributions
109
-11.4 vs Commons average
Rank 231 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
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£239,061
6 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
22
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
204 of 211 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Education
42 of 49 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 88 votes
Environment / Climate
5 of 6 votes
#4
Defence
27 of 33 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

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