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Sarah Pochin vs Nick Smith

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Pochin and Nick Smith voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 180 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 165 different votes 180 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
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 14% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 1 No
Transport 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
0 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
16 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 2 No
Energy 0% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 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
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 313 of 649
232
404 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
105
45.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
127
54.7% of votes cast
No votes
763
42.9% of votes cast
7
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
1 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 2025
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

98
+16.2 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 649
Appearances
95
+13.2 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 649
118
-24.5 vs Commons average
Rank 269 of 649
Contributions
125
-17.5 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
Latest expenses
£251,492
11% above average
7
5 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

Trade
7 of 7 votes
#1
Education
89 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
#3
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Housing
22 of 25 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Energy
6 of 8 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API