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Nick Smith vs Rachel Taylor

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

Photograph of Nick Smith
Nick Smith
Lab Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney
vs
Photograph of Rachel Taylor
Rachel Taylor
Lab North Warwickshire and Bedworth

Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Rachel Taylor voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 366 shared comparable votes.

366 same votes 0 different votes 366 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
49 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
49 Aye 27 No
25 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
28 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
49 Aye 27 No
25 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
28 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 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 321 of 649
Participation
78.7 %
6 % above average
Rank 232 of 649
1,760
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
447
568 eligible divisions
1,009
57.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
221
49.4 % of votes cast
751
42.7 % of votes cast
No votes
226
50.6 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

91
+15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 649
Appearances
92
+16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 649
119
-14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 649
Contributions
144
+10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 182 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
£240,723
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£240,723
6 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
11
6 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
69 of 75 votes
#2
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
53 of 62 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
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