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Nick Smith vs Michelle Welsh

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Michelle Welsh voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 399 shared comparable votes.

398 same votes 1 different votes 399 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 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
52 Aye 33 No
30 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
30 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
52 Aye 33 No
30 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
30 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 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
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 141 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
590 eligible divisions
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
248
50.8% of votes cast
763
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
240
49.2% 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
56
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 649
125
-18.5 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
Contributions
68
-75.5 vs Commons average
Rank 452 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
£179,455
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£179,455
21% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API