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Nick Smith vs Clive Jones

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 Clive Jones
Clive Jones
LD Wokingham

Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Clive Jones voted the same way 13% of the time, based on 327 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 283 different votes 327 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
1 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 2 No
Energy 63% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
15 Aye 3 No
Housing 33% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
26 Aye 13 No
Education 3% aligned 39 shared votes
14 Aye 25 No
45 Aye 29 No
Tax 4% aligned 74 shared votes
32 Aye 42 No
20 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 8% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
1 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 9 shared votes
9 Aye 0 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 314 of 649
Participation
68.5%
4% below average
Rank 454 of 649
1,776
2,373 eligible divisions
Total votes
402
587 eligible divisions
1,014
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
210
52.2% of votes cast
762
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
192
47.8% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

95
+13.8 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 649
Appearances
175
+93.8 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 649
125
-16.2 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 649
Contributions
206
+64.8 vs Commons average
Rank 125 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
£202,252
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£202,252
11% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
11
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Education
39 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Defence
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
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