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Nick Smith vs Olivia Blake

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 Olivia Blake
Olivia Blake
Lab Sheffield Hallam

Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Olivia Blake voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,052 shared comparable votes.

1,040 same votes 12 different votes 1,052 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
96 Aye 52 No
Tax 100% aligned 148 shared votes
96 Aye 52 No
44 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 107 shared votes
44 Aye 63 No
41 Aye 20 No
Education 100% aligned 61 shared votes
41 Aye 20 No
35 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 54 shared votes
35 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 19 No
Benefits 87% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 14 No
Housing 97% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
30 Aye 60 No
Migration 98% aligned 90 shared votes
32 Aye 58 No
96 Aye 52 No
Tax 100% aligned 148 shared votes
96 Aye 52 No
44 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 107 shared votes
44 Aye 63 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 317 of 650
Participation
74.2%
2% above average
Rank 327 of 650
1,798
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,252
1,687 eligible divisions
1,023
56.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
655
52.3% of votes cast
775
43.1% of votes cast
No votes
597
47.7% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

96
+7.2 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 650
Appearances
35
-53.8 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 650
125
-29.6 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 650
Contributions
39
-115.6 vs Commons average
Rank 562 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
£1,408,648
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£300,839
33% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Education
66 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Work / Employment
59 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 154 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 212 votes
#5
Transport
53 of 65 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye rebel
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
Aye rebel
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 3 12 May 2025
Migration
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over extension motion 13 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 18 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
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