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Nick Smith vs Chris Vince

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 Chris Vince
Chris Vince
Lab Harlow

Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Chris Vince voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 386 shared comparable votes.

386 same votes 0 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
49 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
49 Aye 30 No
30 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
49 Aye 30 No
30 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 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
91.6 %
18 % above average
Rank 17 of 648
1,720
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
482
526 eligible divisions
994
57.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
255
52.9 % of votes cast
726
42.2 % of votes cast
No votes
227
47.1 % 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
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 648
Appearances
242
+182.1 vs Commons average
Rank 7 of 648
90
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 648
Contributions
310
+202.1 vs Commons average
Rank 33 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
£165,900
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£165,900
27 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Work / Employment
69 of 75 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#3
Transport
21 of 21 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Migration
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
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
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