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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 366 shared comparable votes.

365 same votes 1 different votes 366 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
44 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
44 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
28 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
44 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
28 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

80.9 %
8 % above average
Rank 187 of 650
Participation
74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 326 of 650
456
564 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,757
2,350 eligible divisions
231
50.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,006
57.3 % of votes cast
225
49.3 % of votes cast
No votes
751
42.7 % of votes cast
7
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

31
-40.9 vs Commons average
Rank 526 of 650
Appearances
80
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 650
51
-76.6 vs Commons average
Rank 478 of 650
Contributions
109
-18.6 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 650

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

Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#1
Education
88 of 95 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Work / Employment
69 of 75 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Housing
58 of 66 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API