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Sarah Smith vs Alan Gemmell

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

Photograph of Sarah Smith
Sarah Smith
Lab Hyndburn
vs
Photograph of Alan Gemmell
Alan Gemmell
Lab Central Ayrshire

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Alan Gemmell voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 327 shared comparable votes.

317 same votes 10 different votes 327 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
49 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
49 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
21 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
21 Aye 2 No
11 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
49 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
21 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
21 Aye 2 No
11 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

64.5%
8% below average
Rank 518 of 650
Participation
77.7%
5% above average
Rank 252 of 650
410
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
494
636 eligible divisions
217
52.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
257
52.0% of votes cast
193
47.1% of votes cast
No votes
237
48.0% of votes cast
14
3.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

78
-19.0 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 650
Appearances
79
-18.0 vs Commons average
Rank 332 of 650
99
-70.2 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 650
Contributions
94
-75.2 vs Commons average
Rank 416 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£195,060
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£170,626
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£170,626
25% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
0
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
9 of 10 votes
#1
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
14 of 17 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#3
Housing
31 of 33 votes
Benefits
24 of 32 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Opposition day: Employers 11 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Opposition day: Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
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
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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