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Nick Smith vs Alison McGovern

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Alison McGovern voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,363 shared comparable votes.

1,359 same votes 4 different votes 1,363 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
115 Aye 67 No
Tax 100% aligned 182 shared votes
115 Aye 67 No
65 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 130 shared votes
65 Aye 65 No
34 Aye 73 No
Migration 100% aligned 107 shared votes
34 Aye 73 No
43 Aye 25 No
Education 100% aligned 68 shared votes
43 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 31 No
Transport 100% aligned 53 shared votes
22 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 36 No
Trade 97% aligned 67 shared votes
33 Aye 34 No
82 Aye 48 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 130 shared votes
81 Aye 49 No
115 Aye 67 No
Tax 100% aligned 182 shared votes
115 Aye 67 No
65 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 130 shared votes
65 Aye 65 No
34 Aye 73 No
Migration 100% aligned 107 shared votes
34 Aye 73 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 317 of 649
Participation
70.0%
3% below average
Rank 432 of 649
1,771
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,657
2,368 eligible divisions
1,013
57.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
55.5% of votes cast
758
42.8% of votes cast
No votes
738
44.5% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

95
+15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 649
Appearances
61
-19.0 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
125
-14.4 vs Commons average
Rank 239 of 649
Contributions
428
+288.6 vs Commons average
Rank 27 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
£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£303,304
34% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
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

Education
89 of 96 votes
#1
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API