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Sarah Smith vs Ayoub Khan

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
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Ayoub Khan
Ind Birmingham Perry Barr

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Ayoub Khan voted the same way 51% of the time, based on 150 shared comparable votes.

77 same votes 73 different votes 150 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
8 Aye 3 No
Energy 82% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 80% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 7 No
Housing 63% aligned 16 shared votes
13 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 4 No
Defence 50% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 7 No
Benefits 29% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 33% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 43% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 7 No
Tax 48% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 4 No
Defence 50% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 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
38.1%
34% below average
Rank 636 of 649
368
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
225
590 eligible divisions
194
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
137
60.9% of votes cast
174
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
88
39.1% of votes cast
14
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
n/a
rebellion not calculated
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

64
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 350 of 649
Appearances
160
+76.3 vs Commons average
Rank 53 of 649
83
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 649
Contributions
221
+75.1 vs Commons average
Rank 118 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
£134,216
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£134,216
41% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
11
7 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
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Benefits
21 of 30 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Migration
9 of 13 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 14 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
Energy
11 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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 Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API