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Rebecca Smith vs Keir Mather

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 Keir Mather
Keir Mather
Lab Selby

Voting alignment

Rebecca Smith and Keir Mather voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 272 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 262 different votes 272 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 5 No
Benefits 29% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 12% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 37 No
Tax 3% aligned 64 shared votes
35 Aye 29 No
5 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
25 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
25 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
6 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
75.6%
3% above average
Rank 296 of 649
416
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
602
796 eligible divisions
196
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
294
48.8% of votes cast
220
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
308
51.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
3 years, 2 months
Since 20 Jul 2023

Debates

150
+66.4 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 650
Appearances
103
+19.4 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 650
268
+122.3 vs Commons average
Rank 76 of 650
Contributions
546
+400.3 vs Commons average
Rank 16 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£213,132
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£451,152
all imported IPSA years
£213,132
6% below average
Latest expenses
£306,391
35% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Education
50 of 52 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#3
Transport
31 of 33 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Tax
88 of 112 votes
#5
NHS / Health
12 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Motion to sit in private 11 Jul 2025
Tax
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Sit in private 25 Apr 2025
Tax
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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