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Nick Smith vs Sojan Joseph

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 Sojan Joseph
Sojan Joseph
Lab Ashford

Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Sojan Joseph voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 468 shared comparable votes.

465 same votes 3 different votes 468 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
53 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
53 Aye 39 No
32 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
24 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
29 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
29 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
53 Aye 39 No
32 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
24 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
29 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
29 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 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 316 of 650
Participation
91.6%
19% above average
Rank 11 of 650
1,799
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
568
620 eligible divisions
1,024
56.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
282
49.6% of votes cast
775
43.1% of votes cast
No votes
286
50.4% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
14
2.5% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

96
+5.0 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 650
Appearances
76
-15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 650
125
-33.5 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 650
Contributions
90
-68.5 vs Commons average
Rank 404 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
£158,669
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£158,669
30% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 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
Education
50 of 50 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
#2
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#4
Transport
30 of 30 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 212 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API