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Ms Marie Rimmer vs Lisa Smart

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

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Ms Marie Rimmer
Lab St Helens South and Whiston
vs
Photograph of Lisa Smart
Lisa Smart
LD Hazel Grove

Voting alignment

Ms Marie Rimmer and Lisa Smart voted the same way 19% of the time, based on 278 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 224 different votes 278 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
0 Aye 3 No
Migration 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 11 No
Benefits 60% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 4 No
Energy 50% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
11 Aye 8 No
Housing 42% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
33 Aye 20 No
Tax 2% aligned 53 shared votes
21 Aye 32 No
19 Aye 15 No
Education 6% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
4 Aye 10 No
Transport 7% aligned 14 shared votes
11 Aye 3 No
20 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 10% aligned 20 shared votes
2 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

69.3 %
3 % below average
Rank 441 of 649
Participation
66.1 %
7 % below average
Rank 501 of 649
1,637
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
380
575 eligible divisions
881
53.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
206
54.2 % of votes cast
756
46.2 % of votes cast
No votes
174
45.8 % of votes cast
30
1.8 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

11
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 612 of 650
Appearances
158
+80.1 vs Commons average
Rank 41 of 650
13
-125.3 vs Commons average
Rank 611 of 650
Contributions
215
+76.7 vs Commons average
Rank 108 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,944,981
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£239,061
all imported IPSA years
£257,584
14 % above average
Latest expenses
£239,061
6 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
20
4 registered categories
0
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
61 of 69 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#4
Education
43 of 50 votes
Education
77 of 96 votes
#5
Defence
28 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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