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Nigel Farage vs David Smith

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

Photograph of Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage
RUK Clacton
vs
Photograph of David Smith
David Smith
Lab North Northumberland

Voting alignment

Nigel Farage and David Smith voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 121 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 102 different votes 121 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 2 No
Housing 14% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 2 No
Education 13% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
21 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
21 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 3 No
Tax 0% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 1 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 4 No
Energy 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

80.0%
7% above average
Rank 199 of 649
Participation
69.3%
3% below average
Rank 445 of 649
4
5 eligible divisions
Total votes
402
580 eligible divisions
2
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
201
50.0% of votes cast
2
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
201
50.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.5% of votes cast
0 months
Since 13 Aug 2026
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

14
-64.7 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649
Appearances
74
-4.7 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 649
16
-121.1 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649
Contributions
99
-38.1 vs Commons average
Rank 325 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£162,580
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£182,965
all imported IPSA years
£162,580
28% below average
Latest expenses
£182,965
19% below average
35
7 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
0
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

Democracy / Parliament
4 of 4 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
No topic data
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
No topic data
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
No topic data
#4
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
No topic data
#5
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Second Reading 16 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading (Opposition) 16 Dec 2025
Tax
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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