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Nick Smith vs Matthew Patrick

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Matthew Patrick voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 398 shared comparable votes.

396 same votes 2 different votes 398 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
47 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
47 Aye 34 No
26 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
26 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
29 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
29 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
47 Aye 34 No
26 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
26 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
29 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
29 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 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
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 188 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
475
590 eligible divisions
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
231
48.6% of votes cast
763
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
244
51.4% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
9
1.9% 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
29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 649
125
-18.5 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
Contributions
96
-47.5 vs Commons average
Rank 342 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
£174,976
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£174,976
23% below 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
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Education
44 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API