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Nick Smith vs Rachel Blake

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Rachel Blake voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 380 shared comparable votes.

379 same votes 1 different votes 380 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
51 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
51 Aye 32 No
27 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
51 Aye 32 No
27 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

74.7 %
2 % above average
Rank 322 of 650
Participation
83.5 %
11 % above average
Rank 128 of 650
1,757
2,351 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
565 eligible divisions
1,006
57.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
242
51.3 % of votes cast
751
42.7 % of votes cast
No votes
230
48.7 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

83
+11.0 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650
Appearances
68
-4.0 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 650
111
-17.0 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 650
Contributions
102
-26.0 vs Commons average
Rank 274 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
£172,923
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£172,923
24 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
88 of 95 votes
#1
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Work / Employment
69 of 75 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API