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Nick Smith vs Jim Dickson

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Jim Dickson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 433 shared comparable votes.

432 same votes 1 different votes 433 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
52 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
52 Aye 36 No
29 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
27 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
52 Aye 36 No
29 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
27 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 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
88.6%
16% above average
Rank 35 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
523
590 eligible divisions
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
251
48.0% of votes cast
763
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
272
52.0% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
139
+56.7 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 649
125
-18.5 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
Contributions
155
+11.5 vs Commons average
Rank 191 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
£172,033
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£172,033
24% 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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Education
47 of 50 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API