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Nick Smith vs Steve Darling
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Nick Smith and Steve Darling voted the same way 14% of the time, based on 312 shared comparable votes.
43 same votes
269 different votes
312 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
74.8%
3% above average
Participation
67.2%
4% below average
1,771
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
391
582 eligible divisions
1,013
57.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
213
54.5% of votes cast
758
42.8% of votes cast
No votes
178
45.5% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
6
1.5% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
95
+15.4 vs Commons average
Appearances
139
+59.4 vs Commons average
125
-13.7 vs Commons average
Contributions
176
+37.3 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£235,469
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£235,469
4% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API