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Nick Smith vs Esther McVey

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 Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Esther McVey voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,021 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 973 different votes 1,021 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
8 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 29% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 13 No
Energy 7% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
55 Aye 45 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 100 shared votes
50 Aye 50 No
Most different by topic
86 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 136 shared votes
50 Aye 86 No
25 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
29 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
17 Aye 29 No
26 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 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
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
763
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

95
+12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
125
-18.5 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
Contributions
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 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
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Aye
Financial Markets and Services Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 7 Dec 2022
Aye
Aye
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill: Third Reading 10 Jan 2022
Energy
Aye
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