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Sarah Smith vs Alison McGovern

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Alison McGovern voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 284 shared comparable votes.

275 same votes 9 different votes 284 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
40 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
40 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 8 No
Benefits 100% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
40 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 8 No
Benefits 100% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 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
70.3%
2% below average
Rank 417 of 650
410
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,702
2,422 eligible divisions
217
52.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
55.4% of votes cast
193
47.1% of votes cast
No votes
759
44.6% of votes cast
14
3.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

78
-19.0 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 650
Appearances
80
-17.0 vs Commons average
Rank 324 of 650
99
-70.2 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 650
Contributions
573
+403.8 vs Commons average
Rank 19 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
£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£303,304
34% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
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
9 of 10 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
14 of 17 votes
#2
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
Benefits
24 of 32 votes
#4
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
174 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API