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Sarah Smith vs Dave Doogan

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Dave Doogan voted the same way 39% of the time, based on 115 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 70 different votes 115 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
14 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 80% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 80% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 0 No
Transport 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 6 No
Migration 63% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 2 No
Defence 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
29 Aye 18 No
Tax 17% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
6 Aye 2 No
Energy 25% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 9 No
Benefits 31% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 2 No
Defence 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 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
48.2%
24% below average
Rank 624 of 649
368
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
799
1,658 eligible divisions
194
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
433
54.2% of votes cast
174
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
366
45.8% of votes cast
14
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

64
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 350 of 649
Appearances
92
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 207 of 649
83
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 649
Contributions
156
+10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 194 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
£1,355,209
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£322,192
42% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
Trade
47 of 53 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
53 of 63 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 41 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
Migration
121 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API