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Nick Smith vs Ian Roome

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Ian Roome voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 256 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 212 different votes 256 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 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 3 No
Energy 63% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 3 No
Housing 55% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 13 No
Education 6% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
5 Aye 10 No
Defence 7% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
23 Aye 26 No
Tax 8% aligned 49 shared votes
30 Aye 19 No
4 Aye 8 No
Transport 8% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No
21 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 11% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 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 318 of 649
Participation
54.6%
18% below average
Rank 607 of 649
1,767
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
314
575 eligible divisions
1,012
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
173
55.1% of votes cast
755
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
141
44.9% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

91
+12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 650
Appearances
87
+8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 650
119
-20.0 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 650
Contributions
114
-25.0 vs Commons average
Rank 261 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
£156,328
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£156,328
31% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
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
89 of 96 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
5 of 7 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Education
35 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API