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Nick Smith vs James Murray

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and James Murray voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,062 shared comparable votes.

1,061 same votes 1 different votes 1,062 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
106 Aye 54 No
Tax 100% aligned 160 shared votes
106 Aye 54 No
53 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 120 shared votes
53 Aye 67 No
30 Aye 75 No
Migration 100% aligned 105 shared votes
30 Aye 75 No
38 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 54 shared votes
38 Aye 16 No
26 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
106 Aye 54 No
Tax 100% aligned 160 shared votes
106 Aye 54 No
53 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 120 shared votes
53 Aye 67 No
30 Aye 75 No
Migration 100% aligned 105 shared votes
30 Aye 75 No
38 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 54 shared votes
38 Aye 16 No
26 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 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 316 of 650
Participation
73.8%
1% above average
Rank 334 of 650
1,799
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,245
1,688 eligible divisions
1,024
56.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
657
52.8% of votes cast
775
43.1% of votes cast
No votes
588
47.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

96
+3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 650
Appearances
104
+11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 650
125
-35.1 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 650
Contributions
766
+605.9 vs Commons average
Rank 6 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
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
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
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 63 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 54 votes
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 212 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API