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Nick Smith vs Alan Gemmell

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

Photograph of Nick Smith
Nick Smith
Lab Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney
vs
Photograph of Alan Gemmell
Alan Gemmell
Lab Central Ayrshire

Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Alan Gemmell voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 369 shared comparable votes.

369 same votes 0 different votes 369 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
51 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
51 Aye 30 No
26 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
26 Aye 7 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
51 Aye 30 No
26 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
26 Aye 7 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 321 of 649
Participation
80.1 %
7 % above average
Rank 196 of 649
1,760
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
455
568 eligible divisions
1,009
57.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
240
52.7 % of votes cast
751
42.7 % of votes cast
No votes
215
47.3 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

91
+15.8 vs Commons average
Rank 167 of 649
Appearances
38
-37.2 vs Commons average
Rank 496 of 649
119
-14.4 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 649
Contributions
46
-87.4 vs Commons average
Rank 512 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£170,626
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£170,626
25 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
10
4 registered categories
2
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

Education
89 of 96 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Work / Employment
69 of 75 votes
#2
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 24 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
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