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Nick Smith vs Ed Davey

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Ed Davey voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 969 shared comparable votes.

780 same votes 189 different votes 969 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
78 Aye 42 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 120 shared votes
78 Aye 42 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
23 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 30 No
Trade 95% aligned 44 shared votes
14 Aye 30 No
28 Aye 54 No
Migration 95% aligned 82 shared votes
28 Aye 54 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 13 No
Education 31% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 41% aligned 32 shared votes
7 Aye 25 No
16 Aye 10 No
Housing 54% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
86 Aye 45 No
Tax 64% aligned 131 shared votes
81 Aye 50 No
12 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 75% aligned 16 shared votes
14 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

74.4 %
1 % above average
Rank 335 of 648
Participation
60.9 %
12 % below average
Rank 575 of 648
1,720
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,253
2,057 eligible divisions
994
57.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
699
55.8 % of votes cast
726
42.2 % of votes cast
No votes
554
44.2 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

62
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 648
Appearances
49
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 648
90
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 648
Contributions
82
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 296 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£294,578
30 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
10
4 registered categories
0
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
88 of 95 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
Work / Employment
69 of 75 votes
#2
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 161 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
122 of 193 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API