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Nick Smith vs Sammy Wilson

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Sammy Wilson voted the same way 23% of the time, based on 1,056 shared comparable votes.

242 same votes 814 different votes 1,056 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
18 Aye 23 No
Defence 41% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 43 No
Migration 38% aligned 60 shared votes
40 Aye 20 No
48 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 35% aligned 108 shared votes
64 Aye 44 No
13 Aye 23 No
Transport 33% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
22 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 3% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 11 No
Energy 10% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
83 Aye 45 No
Brexit / EU 13% aligned 128 shared votes
47 Aye 81 No
6 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 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
62.0%
11% below average
Rank 558 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
732
49.7% of votes cast
763
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
740
50.3% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.7% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

95
+10.2 vs Commons average
Rank 199 of 650
Appearances
111
+26.2 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 650
125
-22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 650
Contributions
160
+12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 191 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
£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£250,082
11% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Energy
47 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

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