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Nick Smith vs Dave Doogan

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Dave Doogan voted the same way 85% of the time, based on 629 shared comparable votes.

536 same votes 93 different votes 629 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
20 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 20 No
Trade 100% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
74 Aye 31 No
Tax 54% aligned 105 shared votes
64 Aye 41 No
17 Aye 14 No
Benefits 71% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 5 No
Energy 74% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 81% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 8 No
Transport 85% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 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
48.2%
24% below average
Rank 624 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
799
1,658 eligible divisions
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
433
54.2% of votes cast
763
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
366
45.8% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

95
+11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 649
Appearances
92
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 207 of 649
125
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 649
Contributions
156
+10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 194 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
£1,355,209
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£322,192
42% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
Trade
47 of 53 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
53 of 63 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 41 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Migration
121 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API