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Nick Smith vs Sarah Russell

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Sarah Russell voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 382 shared comparable votes.

381 same votes 1 different votes 382 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
46 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
46 Aye 33 No
31 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
24 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
28 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
46 Aye 33 No
31 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
24 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
28 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

74.7 %
2 % above average
Rank 322 of 650
Participation
83.0 %
10 % above average
Rank 139 of 650
1,757
2,351 eligible divisions
Total votes
469
565 eligible divisions
1,006
57.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
243
51.8 % of votes cast
751
42.7 % of votes cast
No votes
226
48.2 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

83
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 650
Appearances
74
+1.5 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 650
111
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 238 of 650
Contributions
108
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 247 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
£179,204
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£179,204
21 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
88 of 95 votes
#1
Education
49 of 49 votes
Work / Employment
69 of 75 votes
#2
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API