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Rebecca Smith vs Liz Kendall

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 Liz Kendall
Liz Kendall
Lab Leicester West

Voting alignment

Rebecca Smith and Liz Kendall voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 177 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 171 different votes 177 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 7 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
5 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
5 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
16 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 9 shared votes
6 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
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 526 of 649
416
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,530
2,376 eligible divisions
196
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
875
57.2% of votes cast
220
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
655
42.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 649
Appearances
37
-46.7 vs Commons average
Rank 522 of 649
268
+122.1 vs Commons average
Rank 76 of 649
Contributions
526
+380.1 vs Commons average
Rank 20 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
£2,620,750
all imported IPSA years
£213,132
6% below average
Latest expenses
£249,722
10% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
64 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#3
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Benefits
62 of 81 votes
Tax
88 of 112 votes
#5
Migration
126 of 171 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
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
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
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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