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Nick Smith vs Saqib Bhatti

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 Saqib Bhatti
Saqib Bhatti
Con Meriden and Solihull East

Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Saqib Bhatti voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,006 shared comparable votes.

35 same votes 971 different votes 1,006 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
15 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 9 No
Energy 6% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
29 Aye 71 No
Migration 4% aligned 100 shared votes
67 Aye 33 No
33 Aye 10 No
Education 2% aligned 43 shared votes
11 Aye 32 No
56 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 121 shared votes
63 Aye 58 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
18 Aye 34 No
24 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 19 No
Trade 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 13 No
Benefits 0% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 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
81.3%
9% above average
Rank 177 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,348
1,658 eligible divisions
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
667
49.5% of votes cast
763
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
681
50.5% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

95
+12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 649
Appearances
82
-0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 649
125
-18.5 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
Contributions
110
-33.5 vs Commons average
Rank 308 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
£1,147,083
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£271,361
20% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 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
63 of 63 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Trade
50 of 53 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
156 of 174 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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 142 8 Sept 2026
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
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