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Nick Smith vs Richard Baker

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Richard Baker voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 386 shared comparable votes.

383 same votes 3 different votes 386 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
47 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
47 Aye 35 No
17 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
25 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
47 Aye 35 No
17 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
25 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 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 316 of 650
Participation
75.2%
3% above average
Rank 304 of 650
1,799
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
466
620 eligible divisions
1,024
56.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
223
47.9% of votes cast
775
43.1% of votes cast
No votes
243
52.1% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.8% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

94
+1.0 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 650
Appearances
86
-7.0 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650
122
-40.0 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 650
Contributions
106
-56.0 vs Commons average
Rank 363 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
£179,133
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£179,133
21% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
6
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
89 of 96 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 212 votes
#5
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API