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Nick Smith vs Alistair Strathern

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 Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin

Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 456 shared comparable votes.

456 same votes 0 different votes 456 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
62 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 97 shared votes
62 Aye 35 No
29 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
29 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 28 No
Migration 100% aligned 38 shared votes
10 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
62 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 97 shared votes
62 Aye 35 No
29 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
29 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 28 No
Migration 100% aligned 38 shared votes
10 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

74.4 %
1 % above average
Rank 335 of 648
Participation
79.4 %
6 % above average
Rank 229 of 648
1,720
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
552
695 eligible divisions
994
57.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
289
52.4 % of votes cast
726
42.2 % of votes cast
No votes
263
47.6 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 7 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

62
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 648
Appearances
54
-5.9 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 648
90
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 648
Contributions
63
-44.9 vs Commons average
Rank 389 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
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
88 of 95 votes
#1
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Work / Employment
69 of 75 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 25 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 8 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Energy
21 of 22 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API