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Rebecca Smith vs Michelle Welsh

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 Michelle Welsh
Michelle Welsh
Lab Sherwood Forest

Voting alignment

Rebecca Smith and Michelle Welsh voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 310 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 300 different votes 310 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
6 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
22 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
29 Aye 43 No
Tax 1% aligned 72 shared votes
42 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
7 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
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 141 of 649
416
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
590 eligible divisions
196
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
248
50.8% of votes cast
220
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
240
49.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
56
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 649
265
+121.5 vs Commons average
Rank 76 of 649
Contributions
68
-75.5 vs Commons average
Rank 452 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
£179,455
all imported IPSA years
£213,132
6% below average
Latest expenses
£179,455
21% below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Tax
88 of 112 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 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
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
No
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
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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