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Melanie Onn vs Nick Smith

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

Photograph of Melanie Onn
Melanie Onn
Lab Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes
vs
Photograph of Nick Smith
Nick Smith
Lab Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney

Voting alignment

Melanie Onn and Nick Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 782 shared comparable votes.

780 same votes 2 different votes 782 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
81 Aye 61 No
Tax 100% aligned 142 shared votes
81 Aye 61 No
62 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 89 shared votes
62 Aye 27 No
41 Aye 21 No
Education 100% aligned 62 shared votes
41 Aye 21 No
38 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 57 shared votes
38 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
81 Aye 61 No
Tax 100% aligned 142 shared votes
81 Aye 61 No
62 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 89 shared votes
62 Aye 27 No
41 Aye 21 No
Education 100% aligned 62 shared votes
41 Aye 21 No
38 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 57 shared votes
38 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

73.6 %
1 % above average
Rank 343 of 649
Participation
74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 318 of 649
423
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,767
2,361 eligible divisions
210
49.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,012
57.3 % of votes cast
213
50.4 % of votes cast
No votes
755
42.7 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

83
+5.1 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 650
Appearances
91
+13.1 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650
105
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 650
Contributions
119
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 239 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,014,663
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£201,216
11 % below average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11 % above average
6
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
3
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Education
89 of 96 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#3
Housing
58 of 66 votes
Energy
17 of 20 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Tax
94 of 111 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Peter Kyle's motion E (Confirmatory public vote) 1 Apr 2019
Aye
No rebel
Margaret Beckett's motion M (Confirmatory public vote) 27 Mar 2019
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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