Compare
Sarah Smith vs Chris Ward
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sarah Smith and Chris Ward voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 286 shared comparable votes.
283 same votes
3 different votes
286 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
64.2%
8% below average
Participation
72.4%
same as average
405
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
457
631 eligible divisions
214
52.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
241
52.7% of votes cast
191
47.2% of votes cast
No votes
216
47.3% of votes cast
14
3.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
71
-23.5 vs Commons average
Appearances
81
-13.5 vs Commons average
89
-75.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
236
+71.4 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£195,060
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£203,111
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£203,111
10% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API