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Mark Pritchard vs David Smith

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

Photograph of Mark Pritchard
Mark Pritchard
Con The Wrekin
vs
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David Smith
Lab North Northumberland

Voting alignment

Mark Pritchard and David Smith voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 224 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 206 different votes 224 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
5 Aye 4 No
Benefits 33% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
25 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
33 Aye 25 No
0 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
20 Aye 0 No
11 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
33 Aye 25 No
0 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
20 Aye 0 No
11 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

64.7%
8% below average
Rank 523 of 649
Participation
69.7%
3% below average
Rank 435 of 649
1,538
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
411
590 eligible divisions
732
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
202
49.1% of votes cast
806
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
209
50.9% of votes cast
16
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
16
3.9% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

182
+100.2 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649
Appearances
74
-7.8 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 649
220
+77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 111 of 649
Contributions
100
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,150,580
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£182,965
all imported IPSA years
£174,182
23% below average
Latest expenses
£182,965
19% below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
2
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
198 of 211 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Migration
136 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Devolution / Local Government
52 of 66 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#4
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 50 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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