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Sarah Smith vs Alicia Kearns

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 Alicia Kearns
Alicia Kearns
Con Rutland and Stamford

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Alicia Kearns voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 219 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 213 different votes 219 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
1 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 6 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
34 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
18 Aye 34 No
20 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
18 Aye 34 No
20 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
1 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 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
69.9%
3% below average
Rank 433 of 649
368
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,159
1,658 eligible divisions
194
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
575
49.6% of votes cast
174
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
584
50.4% of votes cast
14
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
27
2.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

64
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 350 of 649
Appearances
132
+48.3 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 649
83
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 649
Contributions
188
+42.1 vs Commons average
Rank 148 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
£1,417,308
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£320,176
42% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
12
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
63 of 63 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
NHS / Health
41 of 47 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
37 of 44 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
143 of 174 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
Housing
44 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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