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Nick Smith vs Paul Waugh

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Paul Waugh voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 405 shared comparable votes.

404 same votes 1 different votes 405 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
26 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
26 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
23 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
23 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
53 Aye 39 No
26 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
26 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
23 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
23 Aye 5 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 326 of 650
Participation
88.6 %
16 % above average
Rank 40 of 650
1,756
2,349 eligible divisions
Total votes
499
563 eligible divisions
1,005
57.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
249
49.9 % of votes cast
751
42.8 % of votes cast
No votes
250
50.1 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
10
2.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

74
+3.4 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 650
Appearances
115
+44.4 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 650
103
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 264 of 650
Contributions
138
+12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 178 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
£174,781
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£174,781
23 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
88 of 95 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Work / Employment
69 of 75 votes
#2
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API