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Mr Paul Foster vs Nick Smith
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Mr Paul Foster and Nick Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 376 shared comparable votes.
375 same votes
1 different votes
376 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
81.0 %
8 % above average
Participation
74.8 %
2 % above average
466
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,767
2,361 eligible divisions
237
50.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,012
57.3 % of votes cast
229
49.1 % of votes cast
No votes
755
42.7 % of votes cast
7
1.5 % 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
35
-42.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
91
+13.1 vs Commons average
57
-81.3 vs Commons average
Contributions
119
-19.3 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£194,848
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£194,848
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11 % above average
12
5 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
15 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API