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Sarah Smith vs Aphra Brandreth

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 Aphra Brandreth
Aphra Brandreth
Con Chester South and Eddisbury

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Aphra Brandreth voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 248 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 241 different votes 248 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
10 Aye 6 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
39 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
27 Aye 39 No
18 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
27 Aye 39 No
18 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
2 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

61.5 %
11 % below average
Rank 564 of 650
Participation
65.4 %
7 % below average
Rank 509 of 650
346
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
368
563 eligible divisions
184
53.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
173
47.0 % of votes cast
162
46.8 % of votes cast
No votes
195
53.0 % of votes cast
13
3.8 % of votes cast
Against party
13
3.5 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

50
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 650
Appearances
69
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 650
67
-58.8 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650
Contributions
77
-48.8 vs Commons average
Rank 370 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
£250,031
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£250,031
11 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
12
5 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
4 of 5 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#2
Work / Employment
35 of 37 votes
Defence
24 of 33 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
8 of 10 votes
Migration
8 of 11 votes
#4
Migration
8 of 11 votes
Tax
80 of 111 votes
#5
Tax
79 of 111 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API