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Nick Smith vs Chris Philp

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Chris Philp voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,421 shared comparable votes.

73 same votes 1,348 different votes 1,421 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
18 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
29 Aye 16 No
Energy 7% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
89 Aye 49 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 138 shared votes
54 Aye 84 No
30 Aye 82 No
Migration 4% aligned 112 shared votes
79 Aye 33 No
73 Aye 78 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 151 shared votes
81 Aye 70 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 32 No
Transport 0% aligned 53 shared votes
32 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
31 Aye 13 No
Benefits 0% aligned 44 shared votes
13 Aye 31 No
22 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 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 313 of 649
Participation
83.3%
11% above average
Rank 128 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,979
2,376 eligible divisions
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
959
48.5% of votes cast
763
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,020
51.5% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
17
0.9% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

95
+12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 649
Appearances
56
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 649
125
-18.5 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
Contributions
85
-58.5 vs Commons average
Rank 383 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
£1,743,577
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£215,599
5% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
11
5 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
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Migration
160 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API