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Nick Smith vs Mr James Frith

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 Mr James Frith
Mr James Frith
Lab Bury North

Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Mr James Frith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 611 shared comparable votes.

609 same votes 2 different votes 611 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
67 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 108 shared votes
67 Aye 41 No
53 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 76 shared votes
53 Aye 23 No
31 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 50 shared votes
31 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
67 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 108 shared votes
67 Aye 41 No
53 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 76 shared votes
53 Aye 23 No
31 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 50 shared votes
31 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

74.6 %
2 % above average
Rank 328 of 647
Participation
76.8 %
4 % above average
Rank 274 of 647
1,740
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
420
547 eligible divisions
998
57.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
206
49.0 % of votes cast
742
42.6 % of votes cast
No votes
214
51.0 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
9
2.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

65
-1.2 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 650
Appearances
22
-44.2 vs Commons average
Rank 562 of 650
96
-21.8 vs Commons average
Rank 266 of 650
Contributions
27
-90.8 vs Commons average
Rank 565 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
£817,882
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£210,945
7 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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
88 of 95 votes
#1
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Work / Employment
69 of 75 votes
#2
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Education
45 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Motion on National Policy Statement and New Runway Capacity 25 Jun 2018
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
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