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Sarah Smith vs Andrew George

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 Andrew George
Andrew George
LD St Ives

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Andrew George voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 258 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 214 different votes 258 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
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 75% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 9 No
Housing 37% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 3 No
Trade 33% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 1 No
Transport 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
40 Aye 21 No
Tax 7% aligned 61 shared votes
25 Aye 36 No
18 Aye 10 No
Education 7% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 9% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 7 No
Defence 13% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

62.1%
11% below average
Rank 554 of 649
Participation
67.7%
5% below average
Rank 468 of 649
357
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
389
575 eligible divisions
191
53.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
207
53.2% of votes cast
166
46.5% of votes cast
No votes
182
46.8% of votes cast
13
3.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
-16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 650
Appearances
117
+38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 101 of 650
79
-60.0 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 650
Contributions
181
+42.0 vs Commons average
Rank 146 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
£1,083,547
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£185,646
18% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Trade
7 of 7 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Tax
80 of 111 votes
#5
Education
41 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
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
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API