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Peter Lamb vs Nick Smith

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

Photograph of Peter Lamb
Peter Lamb
Lab Crawley
vs
Photograph of Nick Smith
Nick Smith
Lab Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney

Voting alignment

Peter Lamb and Nick Smith voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 466 shared comparable votes.

459 same votes 7 different votes 466 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
52 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
52 Aye 38 No
31 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
31 Aye 17 No
30 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
30 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 21 No
Defence 83% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
25 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
52 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
52 Aye 38 No
31 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
31 Aye 17 No
30 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
30 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

92.3%
20% above average
Rank 9 of 650
Participation
74.8%
2% above average
Rank 316 of 650
572
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,799
2,406 eligible divisions
283
49.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
56.9% of votes cast
289
50.5% of votes cast
No votes
775
43.1% of votes cast
18
3.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

30
-61.0 vs Commons average
Rank 575 of 650
Appearances
96
+5.0 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 650
45
-113.5 vs Commons average
Rank 539 of 650
Contributions
125
-33.5 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£133,437
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£133,437
41% below average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#1
Education
89 of 96 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
Transport
30 of 30 votes
#3
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
178 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Second Reading 9 Sept 2025
Defence
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye rebel
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 43 18 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API