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Nick Smith vs Mr Bayo Alaba

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Mr Bayo Alaba voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 337 shared comparable votes.

335 same votes 2 different votes 337 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
36 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
36 Aye 32 No
30 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
30 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
36 Aye 32 No
30 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
30 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 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

74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 318 of 649
Participation
70.3 %
2 % below average
Rank 424 of 649
1,767
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
404
575 eligible divisions
1,012
57.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
207
51.2 % of votes cast
755
42.7 % of votes cast
No votes
197
48.8 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
9
2.2 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

91
+13.1 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650
Appearances
46
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 450 of 650
119
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 239 of 650
Contributions
55
-83.3 vs Commons average
Rank 474 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
£178,644
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£178,644
21 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
39 of 39 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#3
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Defence
29 of 34 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API