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Nick Smith vs Ben Maguire

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Ben Maguire voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 292 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 248 different votes 292 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
2 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 3 No
Energy 56% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 36% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 8 No
Benefits 25% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 13 shared votes
11 Aye 2 No
23 Aye 10 No
Education 3% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
35 Aye 33 No
Tax 6% aligned 68 shared votes
37 Aye 31 No
21 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 11% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
6 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

74.9%
2% above average
Rank 316 of 649
Participation
61.0%
12% below average
Rank 569 of 649
1,771
2,366 eligible divisions
Total votes
354
580 eligible divisions
1,013
57.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
192
54.2% of votes cast
758
42.8% of votes cast
No votes
162
45.8% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

93
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 176 of 649
Appearances
95
+16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 649
122
-15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 649
Contributions
108
-29.1 vs Commons average
Rank 289 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
£178,125
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£178,125
21% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
6
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
27 of 34 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API