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Nick Smith vs Suella Braverman

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 Suella Braverman
Suella Braverman
RUK Fareham and Waterlooville

Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Suella Braverman voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,182 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 1,128 different votes 1,182 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
27 Aye 11 No
Energy 8% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
81 Aye 46 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 127 shared votes
47 Aye 80 No
22 Aye 5 No
Benefits 4% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 61 No
Migration 2% aligned 86 shared votes
59 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 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
68.5%
4% below average
Rank 453 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,627
2,376 eligible divisions
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
765
47.0% of votes cast
763
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
862
53.0% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.4% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

95
+12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 649
Appearances
59
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 378 of 649
125
-18.5 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
Contributions
73
-70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 428 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
£1,671,241
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£240,275
6% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Brexit / EU
194 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
NHS / Health
43 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
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
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Third reading 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
Aye
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022 (SI, 2022, No. 554) 22 Jun 2022
Aye
Aye
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill: Third Reading 10 Jan 2022
Energy
Aye
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