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Mike Martin vs Sarah Smith

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


Voting alignment

Mike Martin and Sarah Smith voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 232 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 194 different votes 232 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
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 75% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 40% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 6 No
Housing 33% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 2 No
Transport 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
22 Aye 36 No
Tax 5% aligned 58 shared votes
39 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 17 No
Education 7% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 7 No
Defence 7% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

58.0%
15% below average
Rank 586 of 649
Participation
62.4%
10% below average
Rank 551 of 649
342
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
368
590 eligible divisions
191
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
52.7% of votes cast
151
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
174
47.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.8% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

112
+28.3 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 649
Appearances
64
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 350 of 649
148
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 211 of 649
Contributions
83
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£164,314
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,060
all imported IPSA years
£164,314
27% below average
Latest expenses
£195,060
14% below average
41
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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

Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#1
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Education
42 of 50 votes
#2
Migration
10 of 13 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Defence
25 of 34 votes
Housing
26 of 32 votes
#4
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Education
36 of 50 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