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Pippa Heylings vs Sarah Smith

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


Voting alignment

Pippa Heylings and Sarah Smith voted the same way 12% of the time, based on 211 shared comparable votes.

26 same votes 185 different votes 211 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
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 67% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 6 No
Housing 29% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 16% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 9 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No
0 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 12 shared votes
12 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
25 Aye 23 No
Tax 6% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

58.5 %
15 % below average
Rank 587 of 647
Participation
63.1 %
10 % below average
Rank 544 of 647
314
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
339
537 eligible divisions
172
54.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
181
53.4 % of votes cast
142
45.2 % of votes cast
No votes
158
46.6 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
13
3.8 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 647
Appearances
45
-18.7 vs Commons average
Rank 386 of 647
71
-42.8 vs Commons average
Rank 360 of 647
Contributions
61
-52.8 vs Commons average
Rank 409 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£172,648
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,060
all imported IPSA years
£172,648
24 % below average
Latest expenses
£195,060
14 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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

Trade
4 of 4 votes
#1
Defence
21 of 22 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#2
Energy
14 of 17 votes
#3
Trade
3 of 4 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#4
Tax
80 of 108 votes
Crime / Justice
46 of 61 votes
#5
Benefits
22 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API