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Nick Smith vs David Baines

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and David Baines voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 337 shared comparable votes.

333 same votes 4 different votes 337 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
17 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 27 No
Tax 99% aligned 73 shared votes
47 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

74.9%
3% above average
Rank 312 of 650
Participation
68.1%
4% below average
Rank 454 of 650
1,810
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
430
631 eligible divisions
1,031
57.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
210
48.8% of votes cast
779
43.0% of votes cast
No votes
220
51.2% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
15
3.5% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

94
-0.5 vs Commons average
Rank 242 of 650
Appearances
25
-69.5 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 650
122
-42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 323 of 650
Contributions
26
-138.6 vs Commons average
Rank 606 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
£136,662
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£136,662
40% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
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
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
#2
Trade
9 of 10 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#4
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 212 votes
#5
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API