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Sarah Champion vs Nick Smith

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

Photograph of Sarah Champion
Sarah Champion
Lab Rotherham
vs
Photograph of Nick Smith
Nick Smith
Lab Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney

Voting alignment

Sarah Champion and Nick Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,355 shared comparable votes.

1,349 same votes 6 different votes 1,355 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
117 Aye 71 No
Tax 100% aligned 188 shared votes
117 Aye 71 No
72 Aye 79 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 151 shared votes
72 Aye 79 No
33 Aye 75 No
Migration 100% aligned 108 shared votes
33 Aye 75 No
30 Aye 31 No
Trade 100% aligned 61 shared votes
30 Aye 31 No
36 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 53 shared votes
36 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
28 Aye 13 No
Energy 98% aligned 41 shared votes
29 Aye 12 No
73 Aye 43 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 116 shared votes
72 Aye 44 No
117 Aye 71 No
Tax 100% aligned 188 shared votes
117 Aye 71 No
72 Aye 79 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 151 shared votes
72 Aye 79 No

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

Voting record

70.2 %
3 % below average
Rank 428 of 649
Participation
74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 318 of 649
1,657
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,767
2,361 eligible divisions
906
54.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,012
57.3 % of votes cast
751
45.3 % of votes cast
No votes
755
42.7 % of votes cast
10
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
13 years, 8 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

47
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 446 of 650
Appearances
91
+13.1 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650
83
-55.3 vs Commons average
Rank 380 of 650
Contributions
119
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 239 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,463,004
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£291,263
29 % above average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11 % above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
4
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

Migration
144 of 171 votes
#1
Education
89 of 96 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 56 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
#3
Housing
58 of 66 votes
Devolution / Local Government
52 of 66 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 13 Jul 2021
Aye rebel
Aye rebel
European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill: Second Reading 20 Dec 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
No rebel
Peter Kyle's motion E (Confirmatory public vote) 1 Apr 2019
Aye
No rebel
Nick Boles's motion D (Common Market 2.0) 1 Apr 2019
Aye
No rebel
Margaret Beckett's motion M (Confirmatory public vote) 27 Mar 2019
Aye
No rebel
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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