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Nick Smith vs Christine Jardine

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 Christine Jardine
Christine Jardine
LD Edinburgh West

Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Christine Jardine voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 1,061 shared comparable votes.

863 same votes 198 different votes 1,061 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
76 Aye 48 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 124 shared votes
76 Aye 48 No
28 Aye 30 No
Trade 98% aligned 58 shared votes
29 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
28 Aye 68 No
Migration 97% aligned 96 shared votes
29 Aye 67 No
2 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 92% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 15 No
Education 28% aligned 54 shared votes
28 Aye 26 No
8 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 57% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 61% aligned 18 shared votes
17 Aye 1 No
98 Aye 43 No
Tax 65% aligned 141 shared votes
84 Aye 57 No
28 Aye 16 No
Benefits 68% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 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
66.8 %
6 % below average
Rank 493 of 648
1,720
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,374
2,057 eligible divisions
994
57.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
759
55.2 % of votes cast
726
42.2 % of votes cast
No votes
615
44.8 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

62
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 648
Appearances
121
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 41 of 648
90
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 648
Contributions
123
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 166 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
£1,941,958
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£318,822
41 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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
Brexit / EU
176 of 188 votes
Work / Employment
69 of 75 votes
#2
Migration
136 of 161 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
67 of 84 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Education
59 of 75 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 342 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Where they voted the same
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 (Remedial) Order 2025 21 Jan 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 25 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 53 8 Sep 2025
Housing
Aye
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