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Nick Smith vs Dr Allison Gardner

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Dr Allison Gardner voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 422 shared comparable votes.

419 same votes 3 different votes 422 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
52 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
52 Aye 35 No
24 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
30 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
30 Aye 14 No
29 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
29 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
52 Aye 35 No
24 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
30 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
30 Aye 14 No
29 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
29 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

74.8%
2% above average
Rank 316 of 650
Participation
84.2%
12% above average
Rank 108 of 650
1,799
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
522
620 eligible divisions
1,024
56.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
255
48.9% of votes cast
775
43.1% of votes cast
No votes
267
51.1% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.5% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

94
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 238 of 650
Appearances
100
+7.1 vs Commons average
Rank 218 of 650
122
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 313 of 650
Contributions
148
-13.6 vs Commons average
Rank 240 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
£200,981
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£200,981
11% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#4
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 212 votes
#5
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API