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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 397 shared comparable votes.

396 same votes 1 different votes 397 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 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 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 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 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
82.4%
10% above average
Rank 147 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
486
590 eligible divisions
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
247
50.8% of votes cast
763
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
239
49.2% 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
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

95
+12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 649
Appearances
94
+11.7 vs Commons average
Rank 194 of 649
125
-18.5 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
Contributions
139
-4.5 vs Commons average
Rank 219 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
£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
89 of 96 votes
#1
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Education
49 of 50 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API