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Nick Smith vs David Davis

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 David Davis
David Davis
Con Goole and Pocklington

Voting alignment

Nick Smith and David Davis voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 1,149 shared comparable votes.

101 same votes 1,048 different votes 1,149 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
29 Aye 65 No
Migration 17% aligned 94 shared votes
57 Aye 37 No
28 Aye 31 No
Trade 15% aligned 59 shared votes
26 Aye 33 No
47 Aye 44 No
Crime / Justice 12% aligned 91 shared votes
43 Aye 48 No
25 Aye 11 No
Benefits 11% aligned 36 shared votes
9 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 25 No
Defence 11% aligned 47 shared votes
30 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 29 No
Transport 0% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
28 Aye 12 No
24 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 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
64.8%
8% below average
Rank 521 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,539
2,376 eligible divisions
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
720
46.8% of votes cast
763
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
819
53.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
93
6.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
18 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jul 2008

Debates

95
+13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 649
Appearances
53
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 649
125
-17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 649
Contributions
82
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 388 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
£2,621,658
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£277,187
23% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
Brexit / EU
198 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
53 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Migration
126 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
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
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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