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Sarah Smith vs Alex Burghart

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Alex Burghart voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 255 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 240 different votes 255 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
42 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
24 Aye 42 No
18 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
24 Aye 42 No
18 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

62.4%
10% below average
Rank 551 of 649
Participation
85.1%
12% above average
Rank 90 of 649
368
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,805
2,121 eligible divisions
194
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
870
48.2% of votes cast
174
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
935
51.8% of votes cast
14
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

64
-18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 344 of 649
Appearances
80
-2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 261 of 649
83
-60.5 vs Commons average
Rank 386 of 649
Contributions
132
-11.5 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£195,060
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£203,620
10% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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
6 of 7 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 188 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 87 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Migration
154 of 163 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API