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Nick Smith vs Julia Lopez

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

Photograph of Nick Smith
Nick Smith
Lab Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney
vs
Photograph of Julia Lopez
Julia Lopez
Con Hornchurch and Upminster

Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Julia Lopez voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,316 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 1,261 different votes 1,316 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
24 Aye 13 No
Energy 5% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
31 Aye 73 No
Migration 5% aligned 104 shared votes
70 Aye 34 No
28 Aye 15 No
Benefits 5% aligned 43 shared votes
13 Aye 30 No
9 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
36 Aye 16 No
Education 4% aligned 52 shared votes
18 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 57 shared votes
25 Aye 32 No
26 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
29 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
17 Aye 29 No
29 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 44 shared votes
15 Aye 29 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
83.4%
11% above average
Rank 127 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,768
2,121 eligible divisions
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
848
48.0% of votes cast
763
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
920
52.0% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.8% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

95
+11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 649
Appearances
29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 562 of 649
125
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 649
Contributions
35
-110.9 vs Commons average
Rank 563 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
£1,261,152
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£227,011
same as average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
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
Brexit / EU
185 of 188 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Migration
151 of 163 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Trade
79 of 87 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Tax
251 of 288 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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