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Rebecca Smith vs Ed Davey

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


Voting alignment

Rebecca Smith and Ed Davey voted the same way 77% of the time, based on 168 shared comparable votes.

130 same votes 38 different votes 168 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 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 13 No
Education 94% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 26 No
Tax 93% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
2 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 90% aligned 20 shared votes
2 Aye 18 No
1 Aye 5 No
Defence 83% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 4 No
Energy 25% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 5 No
Benefits 50% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 4 No
Transport 63% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 67% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 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
60.2%
12% below average
Rank 574 of 649
416
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,276
2,121 eligible divisions
196
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
715
56.0% of votes cast
220
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
561
44.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

147
+64.7 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 649
Appearances
65
-17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 649
265
+121.5 vs Commons average
Rank 76 of 649
Contributions
108
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 314 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
£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
£213,132
6% below average
Latest expenses
£294,578
30% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
11
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
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 163 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
Tax
88 of 112 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
122 of 194 votes

Recent voting overlap

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