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Rebecca Smith vs Dan Carden

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
Photograph of Dan Carden
Dan Carden
Lab Liverpool Walton

Voting alignment

Rebecca Smith and Dan Carden voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 223 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 212 different votes 223 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 7 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
26 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
40 Aye 26 No
8 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
40 Aye 26 No
8 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 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
68.8%
4% below average
Rank 450 of 649
416
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,460
2,121 eligible divisions
196
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
808
55.3% of votes cast
220
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
652
44.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 649
Appearances
26
-57.7 vs Commons average
Rank 574 of 649
268
+122.1 vs Commons average
Rank 76 of 649
Contributions
37
-108.9 vs Commons average
Rank 560 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
£1,875,223
all imported IPSA years
£213,132
6% below average
Latest expenses
£298,675
32% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
16
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
62 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
162 of 188 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 49 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
52 of 63 votes
Tax
88 of 112 votes
#5
Trade
70 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Where they voted the same
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 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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