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Mark Garnier vs Lisa Smart

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


Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Lisa Smart 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
11 Aye 22 No
Education 97% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 31 No
Tax 95% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
5 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 4 No
Transport 91% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 40% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 5 No
Energy 43% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 9 No
Housing 53% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

83.5%
11% above average
Rank 121 of 649
Participation
66.4%
6% below average
Rank 493 of 649
1,985
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
392
590 eligible divisions
970
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
216
55.1% of votes cast
1,015
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
176
44.9% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

74
-7.8 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 649
Appearances
172
+90.2 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 649
121
-21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 649
Contributions
245
+102.5 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£239,061
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15% above average
Latest expenses
£239,061
6% above average
22
7 registered categories
Registered interests
21
4 registered categories
4
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

Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#4
Education
43 of 50 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#5
Defence
28 of 34 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