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Nick Smith vs David Smith

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and David Smith voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 367 shared comparable votes.

361 same votes 6 different votes 367 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 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
29 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 12 No
Transport 100% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 94% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
38 Aye 29 No
Tax 99% aligned 67 shared votes
39 Aye 28 No
29 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
29 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 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
71.1%
1% below average
Rank 399 of 650
1,813
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
452
636 eligible divisions
1,033
57.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
224
49.6% of votes cast
780
43.0% of votes cast
No votes
228
50.4% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
16
3.5% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

95
-0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 650
Appearances
97
+1.4 vs Commons average
Rank 238 of 650
123
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 650
Contributions
140
-26.5 vs Commons average
Rank 277 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
£182,965
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£182,965
19% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 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
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Housing
60 of 68 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#4
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 212 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API