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Nick Smith vs Gregory Stafford

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
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Photograph of Gregory Stafford
Gregory Stafford
Con Farnham and Bordon

Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Gregory Stafford voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 276 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 268 different votes 276 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
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 6 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
18 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
45 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
28 Aye 45 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
28 Aye 45 No
27 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 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
76.8 %
4 % above average
Rank 280 of 648
1,720
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
404
526 eligible divisions
994
57.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
181
44.8 % of votes cast
726
42.2 % of votes cast
No votes
223
55.2 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 648
Appearances
106
+46.1 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 648
90
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 648
Contributions
213
+105.1 vs Commons average
Rank 65 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
£192,386
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£192,386
15 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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
88 of 95 votes
#1
Tax
98 of 108 votes
Work / Employment
69 of 75 votes
#2
Crime / Justice
53 of 61 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#3
Defence
19 of 22 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Transport
18 of 21 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Work / Employment
31 of 37 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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