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Mary Creagh vs Nick Smith

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

Photograph of Mary Creagh
Mary Creagh
Lab Coventry East
vs
Photograph of Nick Smith
Nick Smith
Lab Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney

Voting alignment

Mary Creagh and Nick Smith voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 697 shared comparable votes.

689 same votes 8 different votes 697 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
61 Aye 53 No
Tax 100% aligned 114 shared votes
61 Aye 53 No
33 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 61 shared votes
33 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 16 No
Trade 94% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
63 Aye 30 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 93 shared votes
66 Aye 27 No
61 Aye 53 No
Tax 100% aligned 114 shared votes
61 Aye 53 No
33 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 61 shared votes
33 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

63.7%
9% below average
Rank 532 of 650
Participation
74.8%
2% above average
Rank 317 of 650
394
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,798
2,405 eligible divisions
205
52.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,023
56.9% of votes cast
189
48.0% of votes cast
No votes
775
43.1% of votes cast
14
3.6% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

62
-26.8 vs Commons average
Rank 390 of 650
Appearances
96
+7.2 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 650
243
+88.4 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 650
Contributions
125
-29.6 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,742,497
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£173,551
23% below average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
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

Housing
29 of 32 votes
#1
Education
89 of 96 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
#3
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 42 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
Tax
80 of 114 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
178 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye rebel
EU - Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and Investment Protection Agreement (IPA) 12 Sept 2018
Trade
No
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Third Reading 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Committee of the whole House Clauses 1 and 2 stand part 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
Aye
Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada 8 Feb 2017
Trade
No rebel
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Second Reading 1 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 18 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API