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Nick Smith vs Alex Baker

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Alex Baker voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 391 shared comparable votes.

388 same votes 3 different votes 391 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 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
44 Aye 30 No
30 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
30 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
44 Aye 30 No
30 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
30 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 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 316 of 650
Participation
74.8%
2% above average
Rank 315 of 650
1,799
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
464
620 eligible divisions
1,024
56.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
243
52.4% of votes cast
775
43.1% of votes cast
No votes
221
47.6% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.8% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

94
+1.0 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 650
Appearances
80
-13.0 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
122
-40.0 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 650
Contributions
108
-54.0 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£175,028
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£175,028
23% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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 32 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
#2
Education
44 of 50 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Energy
17 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#4
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 212 votes
#5
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API