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Sarah Pochin vs David Smith

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

Photograph of Sarah Pochin
Sarah Pochin
RUK Runcorn and Helsby
vs
Photograph of David Smith
David Smith
Lab North Northumberland

Voting alignment

Sarah Pochin and David Smith voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 151 shared comparable votes.

14 same votes 137 different votes 151 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 25% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 5 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 14% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 0 No
Transport 13% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
15 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 6 No
Tax 0% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

57.4%
15% below average
Rank 593 of 649
Participation
69.7%
3% below average
Rank 435 of 649
232
404 eligible divisions
Total votes
411
590 eligible divisions
105
45.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
202
49.1% of votes cast
127
54.7% of votes cast
No votes
209
50.9% of votes cast
7
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
16
3.9% of votes cast
1 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 2025
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

100
+17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 649
Appearances
75
-7.1 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
120
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 264 of 649
Contributions
101
-41.9 vs Commons average
Rank 327 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£182,965
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
Latest expenses
£182,965
19% below average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
1
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

Trade
7 of 7 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Housing
22 of 25 votes
#4
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
Energy
6 of 8 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 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
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Second Reading 9 Dec 2025
Transport
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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