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Nick Smith vs Claire Hughes

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 Claire Hughes
Claire Hughes
Lab Bangor Aberconwy

Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Claire Hughes voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 387 shared comparable votes.

387 same votes 0 different votes 387 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
53 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
53 Aye 36 No
31 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
21 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
53 Aye 36 No
31 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
21 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 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
90.7 %
17 % above average
Rank 21 of 648
1,720
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
477
526 eligible divisions
994
57.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
254
53.2 % of votes cast
726
42.2 % of votes cast
No votes
223
46.8 % 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
16
-43.9 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 648
90
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 648
Contributions
16
-91.9 vs Commons average
Rank 605 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
£180,797
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£180,797
20 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Education
49 of 49 votes
Work / Employment
69 of 75 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 23 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Energy
17 of 17 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 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
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
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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