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Nick Smith vs Dr Scott Arthur

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Dr Scott Arthur voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 411 shared comparable votes.

407 same votes 4 different votes 411 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
47 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
47 Aye 35 No
25 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
27 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
27 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
47 Aye 35 No
25 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
27 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
27 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 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
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 139 of 650
1,799
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
513
620 eligible divisions
1,024
56.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
249
48.5% of votes cast
775
43.1% of votes cast
No votes
264
51.5% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.3% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

94
+1.0 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 650
Appearances
192
+99.0 vs Commons average
Rank 38 of 650
122
-40.0 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 650
Contributions
315
+153.0 vs Commons average
Rank 70 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
£173,383
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£173,383
23% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#4
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 212 votes
#5
Defence
31 of 34 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API