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Sarah Smith vs Dame Harriett Baldwin

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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Dame Harriett Baldwin
Con West Worcestershire

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Dame Harriett Baldwin voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 282 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 263 different votes 282 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
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 6 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
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
43 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
27 Aye 43 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
27 Aye 43 No
21 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
1 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 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
81.6%
9% above average
Rank 170 of 649
368
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,940
2,376 eligible divisions
194
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.2% of votes cast
174
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,025
52.8% of votes cast
14
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
17
0.9% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

64
-18.1 vs Commons average
Rank 344 of 649
Appearances
105
+22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 149 of 649
83
-60.1 vs Commons average
Rank 386 of 649
Contributions
134
-9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 226 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
£2,496,334
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£247,722
10% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
11
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
Brexit / EU
207 of 211 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
Trade
76 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 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
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 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 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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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