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Nick Smith vs Wera Hobhouse

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Wera Hobhouse voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 1,159 shared comparable votes.

919 same votes 240 different votes 1,159 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
75 Aye 47 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 122 shared votes
75 Aye 47 No
29 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 96% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 95% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 61 No
Migration 94% aligned 80 shared votes
18 Aye 62 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 11 No
Education 29% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 43% aligned 42 shared votes
11 Aye 31 No
101 Aye 53 No
Tax 56% aligned 154 shared votes
88 Aye 66 No
15 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 59% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 18 No
Benefits 68% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 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 318 of 649
Participation
73.4 %
1 % above average
Rank 351 of 649
1,767
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,545
2,106 eligible divisions
1,012
57.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
837
54.2 % of votes cast
755
42.7 % of votes cast
No votes
708
45.8 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

91
+13.1 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650
Appearances
141
+63.1 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 650
119
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 239 of 650
Contributions
176
+37.7 vs Commons average
Rank 148 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
£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£306,189
35 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Trade
70 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API