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Sarah Smith vs Chris Philp

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 Chris Philp
Chris Philp
Con Croydon South

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Chris Philp voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 252 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 247 different votes 252 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 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
20 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
35 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
22 Aye 35 No
13 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
2 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
22 Aye 35 No
13 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
2 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

62.1 %
11 % below average
Rank 554 of 649
Participation
83.5 %
11 % above average
Rank 128 of 649
357
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,971
2,361 eligible divisions
191
53.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
952
48.3 % of votes cast
166
46.5 % of votes cast
No votes
1,019
51.7 % of votes cast
13
3.6 % of votes cast
Against party
15
0.8 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

62
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 343 of 650
Appearances
59
-18.9 vs Commons average
Rank 372 of 650
79
-59.3 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 650
Contributions
89
-49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 356 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
£1,743,577
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£215,599
5 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
11
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
6 of 7 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Migration
160 of 171 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
Tax
80 of 111 votes
#5
Trade
82 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
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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