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Nick Smith vs Chris McDonald

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Chris McDonald voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 386 shared comparable votes.

383 same votes 3 different votes 386 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
50 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
50 Aye 31 No
25 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
50 Aye 31 No
25 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 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 316 of 650
Participation
77.7%
5% above average
Rank 252 of 650
1,799
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
482
620 eligible divisions
1,024
56.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
234
48.5% of votes cast
775
43.1% of votes cast
No votes
248
51.5% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.5% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

94
+1.0 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 650
Appearances
95
+2.0 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 650
122
-40.0 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 650
Contributions
415
+253.0 vs Commons average
Rank 39 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
£217,932
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£217,932
4% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
2
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
89 of 96 votes
#1
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
#2
Defence
31 of 34 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 212 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API