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Rebecca Smith vs Josh Babarinde

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


Voting alignment

Rebecca Smith and Josh Babarinde voted the same way 72% of the time, based on 245 shared comparable votes.

177 same votes 68 different votes 245 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 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 10 shared votes
1 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
25 Aye 33 No
Tax 95% aligned 58 shared votes
28 Aye 30 No
4 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 92% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 10 No
Education 89% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 6 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 7 No
Benefits 44% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 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
70.3%
2% below average
Rank 425 of 649
416
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
415
590 eligible divisions
196
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
224
54.0% of votes cast
220
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
191
46.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% 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
115
+32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 127 of 649
265
+121.5 vs Commons average
Rank 76 of 649
Contributions
132
-11.5 vs Commons average
Rank 231 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
£181,159
all imported IPSA years
£213,132
6% below average
Latest expenses
£181,159
20% below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Tax
88 of 112 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

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