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Rebecca Smith vs Ben Maguire

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


Voting alignment

Rebecca Smith and Ben Maguire voted the same way 72% of the time, based on 241 shared comparable votes.

173 same votes 68 different votes 241 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
1 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 17 No
Education 95% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 7 No
Defence 94% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
24 Aye 33 No
Tax 93% aligned 57 shared votes
28 Aye 29 No
5 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 88% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 5 No
Energy 43% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 7 No
Benefits 44% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 7 No
Housing 50% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 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
60.3%
12% below average
Rank 571 of 649
416
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
356
590 eligible divisions
196
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
54.5% of votes cast
220
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
162
45.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% 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
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
265
+121.5 vs Commons average
Rank 76 of 649
Contributions
113
-30.5 vs Commons average
Rank 296 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
£178,125
all imported IPSA years
£213,132
6% below average
Latest expenses
£178,125
21% below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Defence
27 of 34 votes
Tax
88 of 112 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API