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Liz Saville Roberts vs Nick Smith

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

Photograph of Liz Saville Roberts
Liz Saville Roberts
PC Dwyfor Meirionnydd
vs
Photograph of Nick Smith
Nick Smith
Lab Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney

Voting alignment

Liz Saville Roberts and Nick Smith voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 1,253 shared comparable votes.

1,072 same votes 181 different votes 1,253 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
20 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
29 Aye 32 No
Trade 98% aligned 61 shared votes
28 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 19 No
Defence 73% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No
106 Aye 60 No
Tax 73% aligned 166 shared votes
108 Aye 58 No
33 Aye 23 No
Benefits 75% aligned 56 shared votes
35 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 11 No
Housing 79% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 11 No
Education 79% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

70.9 %
2 % below average
Rank 409 of 650
Participation
74.7 %
2 % above average
Rank 327 of 650
1,660
2,340 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,747
2,340 eligible divisions
932
56.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
999
57.2 % of votes cast
728
43.9 % of votes cast
No votes
748
42.8 % of votes cast
4
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

125
+57.2 vs Commons average
Rank 60 of 650
Appearances
65
-2.8 vs Commons average
Rank 258 of 650
161
+40.6 vs Commons average
Rank 133 of 650
Contributions
96
-24.4 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,266,514
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£324,256
43 % above average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11 % above average
16
5 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
7
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
#1
Education
88 of 95 votes
Trade
77 of 88 votes
#2
Work / Employment
69 of 75 votes
Benefits
68 of 81 votes
#3
Housing
58 of 66 votes
Migration
136 of 169 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 75 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API