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Sarah Smith vs Ben Maguire

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 Ben Maguire
Ben Maguire
LD North Cornwall

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Ben Maguire voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 220 shared comparable votes.

34 same votes 186 different votes 220 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
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 9 No
Housing 37% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
0 Aye 3 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
19 Aye 4 No
Education 4% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 6% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 7% aligned 15 shared votes
1 Aye 14 No
26 Aye 24 No
Tax 8% aligned 50 shared votes
28 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

62.0%
10% below average
Rank 544 of 649
Participation
60.8%
11% below average
Rank 555 of 649
361
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
354
582 eligible divisions
192
53.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
192
54.2% of votes cast
169
46.8% of votes cast
No votes
162
45.8% of votes cast
13
3.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
-18.0 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 649
Appearances
98
+18.0 vs Commons average
Rank 168 of 649
79
-60.4 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 649
Contributions
112
-27.4 vs Commons average
Rank 286 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
£178,125
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£178,125
21% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
11 of 11 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
Defence
27 of 34 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API