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Nick Smith vs Richard Tice

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
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Photograph of Richard Tice
Richard Tice
RUK Boston and Skegness

Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Richard Tice voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 239 shared comparable votes.

22 same votes 217 different votes 239 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
2 Aye 6 No
Migration 25% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 14% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 6 No
Transport 11% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
3 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 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
51.7%
21% below average
Rank 618 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
305
590 eligible divisions
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
146
47.9% of votes cast
763
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
159
52.1% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
11
3.6% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

95
+12.9 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 649
Appearances
176
+93.9 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 649
125
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 649
Contributions
245
+102.1 vs Commons average
Rank 89 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
£176,036
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£176,036
22% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
23
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
6 of 9 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Defence
22 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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