The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Monday 12 October 2026.

Compare

Nick Smith vs Jenny Riddell-Carpenter

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Jenny Riddell-Carpenter voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 389 shared comparable votes.

388 same votes 1 different votes 389 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
50 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
50 Aye 34 No
29 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
24 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
29 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
29 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 8 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
50 Aye 34 No
29 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
24 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
29 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
29 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 8 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 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
79.8%
7% above average
Rank 201 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
471
590 eligible divisions
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
250
53.1% of votes cast
763
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
221
46.9% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

95
+12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 649
Appearances
47
-35.3 vs Commons average
Rank 466 of 649
125
-18.5 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
Contributions
58
-85.5 vs Commons average
Rank 478 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
£177,477
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£177,477
22% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 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
4 of 4 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Education
47 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API