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Sarah Bool vs Nick Smith

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

Photograph of Sarah Bool
Sarah Bool
Con South Northamptonshire
vs
Photograph of Nick Smith
Nick Smith
Lab Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney

Voting alignment

Sarah Bool and Nick Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 346 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 338 different votes 346 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
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 17 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
19 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
33 Aye 58 No
Tax 1% aligned 91 shared votes
57 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
27 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

71.2%
1% below average
Rank 396 of 650
Participation
74.9%
3% above average
Rank 312 of 650
449
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,810
2,417 eligible divisions
191
42.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,031
57.0% of votes cast
258
57.5% of votes cast
No votes
779
43.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

113
+18.4 vs Commons average
Rank 167 of 650
Appearances
94
-0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 242 of 650
132
-32.8 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 650
Contributions
122
-42.8 vs Commons average
Rank 325 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£188,791
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£188,791
17% below average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11% above average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
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
16 of 17 votes
#1
Education
89 of 96 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 42 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
Tax
105 of 121 votes
#3
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
Crime / Justice
56 of 66 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
178 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 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
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
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