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Nick Smith vs Rushanara Ali

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Rushanara Ali voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,480 shared comparable votes.

1,468 same votes 12 different votes 1,480 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
125 Aye 69 No
Tax 100% aligned 194 shared votes
125 Aye 69 No
80 Aye 79 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 159 shared votes
80 Aye 79 No
33 Aye 82 No
Migration 100% aligned 115 shared votes
33 Aye 82 No
54 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 77 shared votes
54 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 32 No
Transport 100% aligned 56 shared votes
24 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 38 No
Trade 96% aligned 73 shared votes
38 Aye 35 No
90 Aye 50 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 140 shared votes
87 Aye 53 No
125 Aye 69 No
Tax 100% aligned 194 shared votes
125 Aye 69 No
80 Aye 79 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 159 shared votes
80 Aye 79 No
33 Aye 82 No
Migration 100% aligned 115 shared votes
33 Aye 82 No

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

Voting record

74.6%
2% above average
Rank 317 of 650
Participation
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 276 of 650
1,783
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,824
2,390 eligible divisions
1,018
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,031
56.5% of votes cast
765
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
793
43.5% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

92
+5.1 vs Commons average
Rank 223 of 650
Appearances
48
-38.9 vs Commons average
Rank 478 of 650
120
-31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 650
Contributions
45
-106.4 vs Commons average
Rank 538 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
£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£325,502
44% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
Foreign Affairs
67 of 70 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Trade
83 of 94 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 70 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Housing
59 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

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