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Matt Bishop vs Rebecca Smith

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


Voting alignment

Matt Bishop and Rebecca Smith voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 209 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 203 different votes 209 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
4 Aye 4 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
30 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
24 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
24 Aye 30 No
15 Aye 3 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
3 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

52.9%
20% below average
Rank 615 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 419 of 649
312
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
416
590 eligible divisions
145
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
196
47.1% of votes cast
167
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
220
52.9% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

34
-49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 649
Appearances
150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 649
45
-100.9 vs Commons average
Rank 529 of 649
Contributions
268
+122.1 vs Commons average
Rank 76 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£157,583
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£213,132
all imported IPSA years
£157,583
30% below average
Latest expenses
£213,132
6% below average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
0
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

Tax
77 of 112 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Energy
13 of 20 votes
#2
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 14 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Digital / Online Safety
7 of 11 votes
#4
Trade
6 of 7 votes
NHS / Health
7 of 11 votes
#5
Tax
88 of 112 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API