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Nick Smith vs Sir Ashley Fox

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
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Photograph of Sir Ashley Fox
Sir Ashley Fox
Con Bridgwater

Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Sir Ashley Fox voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 331 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 320 different votes 331 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
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 5 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
2 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
22 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
45 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
33 Aye 45 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
33 Aye 45 No
28 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 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 321 of 650
Participation
77.2%
5% above average
Rank 265 of 650
1,783
2,387 eligible divisions
Total votes
464
601 eligible divisions
1,018
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
210
45.3% of votes cast
765
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
254
54.7% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
15
3.2% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

95
+9.4 vs Commons average
Rank 201 of 650
Appearances
179
+93.4 vs Commons average
Rank 36 of 650
125
-24.1 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 650
Contributions
258
+108.9 vs Commons average
Rank 88 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
£159,406
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£159,406
30% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 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
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Trade
9 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 70 votes
#4
Tax
100 of 113 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
57 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over extension motion 13 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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
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