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Nick Smith vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Helen Whately voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,424 shared comparable votes.

67 same votes 1,357 different votes 1,424 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
18 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 15 No
Energy 5% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
83 Aye 46 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 129 shared votes
50 Aye 79 No
30 Aye 81 No
Migration 5% aligned 111 shared votes
78 Aye 33 No
34 Aye 17 No
Benefits 4% aligned 51 shared votes
15 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 32 No
Transport 0% aligned 55 shared votes
32 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 55 shared votes
33 Aye 22 No
33 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 50 shared votes
17 Aye 33 No
25 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 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
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
763
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

95
+12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
125
-18.5 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
Contributions
65
-78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 459 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
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API