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Nick Smith vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 90% of the time, based on 951 shared comparable votes.

855 same votes 96 different votes 951 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
28 Aye 36 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 64 shared votes
28 Aye 36 No
27 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 10 No
Energy 73% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
102 Aye 50 No
Tax 74% aligned 152 shared votes
99 Aye 53 No
22 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 81% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
25 Aye 19 No
Benefits 82% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 11 No
Transport 88% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 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
55.4%
17% below average
Rank 603 of 650
1,799
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,333
2,406 eligible divisions
1,024
56.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
761
57.1% of votes cast
775
43.1% of votes cast
No votes
572
42.9% 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
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

96
+5.4 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 650
Appearances
101
+10.4 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 650
125
-32.6 vs Commons average
Rank 298 of 650
Contributions
149
-8.6 vs Commons average
Rank 232 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
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
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
Brexit / EU
200 of 212 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 94 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 212 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API