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Sarah Smith vs Andrew Pakes

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

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Sarah Smith
Lab Hyndburn
vs
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Andrew Pakes
Lab Peterborough

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Andrew Pakes voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 287 shared comparable votes.

285 same votes 2 different votes 287 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
21 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
22 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
22 Aye 2 No
11 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
22 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
22 Aye 2 No
11 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

64.2%
8% below average
Rank 524 of 650
Participation
70.7%
2% below average
Rank 406 of 650
405
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
446
631 eligible divisions
214
52.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
213
47.8% of votes cast
191
47.2% of votes cast
No votes
233
52.2% of votes cast
14
3.5% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.9% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

71
-23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 650
Appearances
87
-7.5 vs Commons average
Rank 276 of 650
89
-75.6 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 650
Contributions
105
-59.6 vs Commons average
Rank 369 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
£183,832
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£183,832
19% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
14 of 17 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#3
Trade
9 of 10 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#4
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
No rebel
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API