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Rebecca Smith vs Alex Baker

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

Photograph of Rebecca Smith
Rebecca Smith
Con South West Devon
vs
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Alex Baker
Lab Aldershot

Voting alignment

Rebecca Smith and Alex Baker voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 288 shared comparable votes.

16 same votes 272 different votes 288 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
2 Aye 6 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
28 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
40 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
40 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

70.5%
2% below average
Rank 419 of 649
Participation
77.1%
5% above average
Rank 265 of 649
416
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
455
590 eligible divisions
196
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
243
53.4% of votes cast
220
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
212
46.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.9% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

147
+64.7 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 649
Appearances
68
-14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 322 of 649
265
+121.5 vs Commons average
Rank 76 of 649
Contributions
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 350 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£213,132
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£175,028
all imported IPSA years
£213,132
6% below average
Latest expenses
£175,028
23% below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Education
44 of 50 votes
Tax
88 of 112 votes
#5
Energy
17 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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