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Nick Smith vs Paul Holmes

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Paul Holmes voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,000 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 958 different votes 1,000 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
19 Aye 8 No
Energy 7% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
10 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
29 Aye 71 No
Migration 3% aligned 100 shared votes
68 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
20 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 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
85.0%
12% above average
Rank 93 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,410
1,658 eligible divisions
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
702
49.8% of votes cast
763
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
708
50.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

95
+11.4 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 650
Appearances
114
+30.4 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 650
125
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 650
Contributions
387
+241.3 vs Commons average
Rank 39 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
£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£234,722
4% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
63 of 63 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
50 of 53 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API