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Mrs Elsie Blundell vs David Smith
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Mrs Elsie Blundell and David Smith voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 377 shared comparable votes.
375 same votes
2 different votes
377 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
83.6%
11% above average
Participation
71.1%
1% below average
524
627 eligible divisions
Total votes
446
627 eligible divisions
259
49.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
221
49.6% of votes cast
265
50.6% of votes cast
No votes
225
50.4% of votes cast
10
1.9% of votes cast
Against party
16
3.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
72
-21.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
97
+3.1 vs Commons average
102
-61.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
138
-25.5 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£161,906
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£182,965
all imported IPSA years
£161,906
28% below average
Latest expenses
£182,965
19% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API