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Nick Smith vs Dan Aldridge

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 Dan Aldridge
Dan Aldridge
Lab Weston-super-Mare

Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Dan Aldridge voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 324 shared comparable votes.

324 same votes 0 different votes 324 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
30 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
30 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
30 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 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
67.1%
5% below average
Rank 476 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
396
590 eligible divisions
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
192
48.5% of votes cast
763
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
204
51.5% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

95
+11.4 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 650
Appearances
15
-68.6 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 650
125
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 650
Contributions
18
-127.7 vs Commons average
Rank 610 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£177,491
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£177,491
22% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
2
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
89 of 96 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
29 of 32 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API