Compare

Nick Smith vs Mrs Kemi Badenoch

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 Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Con North West Essex

Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Mrs Kemi Badenoch voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,049 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 1,003 different votes 1,049 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
27 Aye 6 No
Education 6% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 12 No
Energy 6% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
29 Aye 68 No
Migration 5% aligned 97 shared votes
65 Aye 32 No
17 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
73 Aye 44 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 117 shared votes
45 Aye 72 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
25 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 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
66.7%
6% below average
Rank 484 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,415
2,121 eligible divisions
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
702
49.6% of votes cast
763
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
713
50.4% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

95
+11.4 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 650
Appearances
66
-17.6 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 650
125
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 650
Contributions
277
+131.3 vs Commons average
Rank 69 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
£1,740,878
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£278,687
23% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
19
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
167 of 188 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Trade
73 of 87 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Migration
134 of 163 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Energy
45 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
Aye
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022 (SI, 2022, No. 554) 22 Jun 2022
Aye
Aye
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill: Third Reading 10 Jan 2022
Energy
Aye
Aye
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
Aye
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