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Nick Smith vs Mr Louie French

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Mr Louie French voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 686 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 663 different votes 686 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
3 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
17 Aye 5 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
3 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 62 No
Migration 5% aligned 84 shared votes
58 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 5 No
Energy 4% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
32 Aye 11 No
Education 2% aligned 43 shared votes
12 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 58 shared votes
26 Aye 32 No
26 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 35 shared votes
9 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 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 319 of 649
Participation
80.3 %
8 % above average
Rank 193 of 649
1,762
2,356 eligible divisions
Total votes
984
1,226 eligible divisions
1,010
57.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
495
50.3 % of votes cast
752
42.7 % of votes cast
No votes
489
49.7 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
4 years, 7 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

91
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
Appearances
54
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
119
-15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 649
Contributions
70
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 414 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
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
12
4 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
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
Work / Employment
69 of 75 votes
#2
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
127 of 136 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API