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Nick Smith vs Priti Patel

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Priti Patel voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,134 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 1,081 different votes 1,134 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
3 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
24 Aye 60 No
Migration 5% aligned 84 shared votes
56 Aye 28 No
13 Aye 11 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
84 Aye 43 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 127 shared votes
44 Aye 83 No
16 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 57 shared votes
18 Aye 39 No
16 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 46 shared votes
30 Aye 16 No
27 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
28 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 45 shared votes
17 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 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
61.7%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
666
45.4% of votes cast
763
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
800
54.6% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

95
+12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 649
Appearances
68
-14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
125
-18.5 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
Contributions
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
14
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
189 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Housing
52 of 67 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Tax
217 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

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