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Nick Smith vs Sarah Champion

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 Sarah Champion
Sarah Champion
Lab Rotherham

Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Sarah Champion voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,359 shared comparable votes.

1,353 same votes 6 different votes 1,359 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
117 Aye 71 No
Tax 100% aligned 188 shared votes
117 Aye 71 No
72 Aye 79 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 151 shared votes
72 Aye 79 No
33 Aye 75 No
Migration 100% aligned 108 shared votes
33 Aye 75 No
30 Aye 31 No
Trade 100% aligned 61 shared votes
30 Aye 31 No
36 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 53 shared votes
36 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
29 Aye 12 No
Energy 98% aligned 41 shared votes
28 Aye 13 No
72 Aye 44 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 116 shared votes
73 Aye 43 No
117 Aye 71 No
Tax 100% aligned 188 shared votes
117 Aye 71 No
72 Aye 79 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 151 shared votes
72 Aye 79 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 317 of 649
Participation
70.2%
2% below average
Rank 427 of 649
1,771
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,663
2,368 eligible divisions
1,013
57.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
54.5% of votes cast
758
42.8% of votes cast
No votes
756
45.5% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
13 years, 9 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

95
+15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 649
Appearances
46
-34.0 vs Commons average
Rank 455 of 649
125
-14.4 vs Commons average
Rank 239 of 649
Contributions
82
-57.4 vs Commons average
Rank 387 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
£2,463,004
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£291,263
29% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Migration
144 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 56 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
52 of 66 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 13 Jul 2021
No
No
European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill: Second Reading 20 Dec 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye rebel
Aye
Peter Kyle's motion E (Confirmatory public vote) 1 Apr 2019
No rebel
Aye
Nick Boles's motion D (Common Market 2.0) 1 Apr 2019
No rebel
Aye
Margaret Beckett's motion M (Confirmatory public vote) 27 Mar 2019
No rebel
Aye
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API