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Mark Garnier vs David Smith

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


Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and David Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 288 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 282 different votes 288 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 7 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 12% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
26 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
29 Aye 26 No
7 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
27 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
29 Aye 26 No
7 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
27 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

83.9 %
11 % above average
Rank 122 of 650
Participation
69.3 %
3 % below average
Rank 446 of 650
1,970
2,349 eligible divisions
Total votes
390
563 eligible divisions
961
48.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
194
49.7 % of votes cast
1,009
51.2 % of votes cast
No votes
196
50.3 % of votes cast
23
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
14
3.6 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

76
+5.1 vs Commons average
Rank 203 of 650
Appearances
60
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 331 of 650
244
+118.2 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 650
Contributions
77
-48.8 vs Commons average
Rank 368 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£182,965
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£182,965
19 % below average
22
7 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
210 of 211 votes
#1
Trade
84 of 89 votes
#2
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
152 of 169 votes
#4
Work / Employment
35 of 37 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API