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Nick Smith vs Patrick Hurley

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Patrick Hurley voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 440 shared comparable votes.

434 same votes 6 different votes 440 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
53 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
53 Aye 39 No
32 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 49 shared votes
32 Aye 17 No
30 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
30 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 95% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
53 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
53 Aye 39 No
32 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 49 shared votes
32 Aye 17 No
30 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
30 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 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 316 of 650
Participation
87.6%
15% above average
Rank 46 of 650
1,799
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
543
620 eligible divisions
1,024
56.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
281
51.7% of votes cast
775
43.1% of votes cast
No votes
262
48.3% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
16
2.9% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

96
+3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 650
Appearances
60
-32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 650
125
-35.1 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 650
Contributions
94
-66.1 vs Commons average
Rank 395 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
£214,468
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£214,468
5% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
42 of 42 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 212 votes
#5
Education
49 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API