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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 1,387 shared comparable votes.

1,383 same votes 4 different votes 1,387 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
66 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 133 shared votes
66 Aye 67 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
31 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 55 shared votes
31 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 36 No
Trade 97% aligned 67 shared votes
33 Aye 34 No
83 Aye 48 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 131 shared votes
82 Aye 49 No
115 Aye 67 No
Tax 100% aligned 182 shared votes
115 Aye 67 No
66 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 133 shared votes
66 Aye 67 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 650
Participation
70.2%
2% below average
Rank 421 of 650
1,798
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,688
2,405 eligible divisions
1,023
56.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
932
55.2% of votes cast
775
43.1% of votes cast
No votes
756
44.8% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

96
+7.2 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 650
Appearances
72
-16.8 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 650
125
-29.6 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 650
Contributions
521
+366.4 vs Commons average
Rank 21 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
£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
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
#2
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#4
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 212 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
174 of 212 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API