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Sarah Smith vs Cameron Thomas

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 Cameron Thomas
Cameron Thomas
Ind Tewkesbury

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Cameron Thomas voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 214 shared comparable votes.

33 same votes 181 different votes 214 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
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 71% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 3 No
Housing 50% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 20% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
9 Aye 8 No
Benefits 18% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 1 No
Transport 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
16 Aye 4 No
Education 5% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
33 Aye 20 No
Tax 6% aligned 53 shared votes
23 Aye 30 No
15 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 7% aligned 15 shared votes
1 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 10 No
Defence 13% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 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
57.0%
15% below average
Rank 585 of 649
361
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
332
582 eligible divisions
192
53.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
174
52.4% of votes cast
169
46.8% of votes cast
No votes
158
47.6% of votes cast
13
3.6% of votes cast
Against party
n/a
rebellion not calculated
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
65
-15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 336 of 649
79
-60.4 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 649
Contributions
85
-54.4 vs Commons average
Rank 379 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
£162,596
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£162,596
28% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
2 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
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Work / Employment
27 of 39 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
Transport
20 of 29 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
6 of 9 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
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
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
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