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Nick Smith vs Bradley Thomas

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
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Bradley Thomas
Con Bromsgrove

Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Bradley Thomas voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 372 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 365 different votes 372 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
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 6 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
52 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
35 Aye 52 No
28 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
13 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
35 Aye 52 No
28 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
13 Aye 28 No
30 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
8 Aye 30 No
8 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 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 318 of 649
Participation
81.0 %
8 % above average
Rank 185 of 649
1,767
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
466
575 eligible divisions
1,012
57.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
213
45.7 % of votes cast
755
42.7 % of votes cast
No votes
253
54.3 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

91
+13.1 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650
Appearances
145
+67.1 vs Commons average
Rank 62 of 650
119
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 239 of 650
Contributions
228
+89.7 vs Commons average
Rank 101 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
£215,617
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£215,617
5 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
4 of 4 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
56 of 62 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Tax
100 of 111 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Defence
30 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
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