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Sarah Smith vs David Burton-Sampson

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and David Burton-Sampson voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 378 shared comparable votes.

368 same votes 10 different votes 378 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
58 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
58 Aye 30 No
25 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 22 shared votes
20 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
58 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
58 Aye 30 No
25 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 22 shared votes
20 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

64.5%
8% below average
Rank 518 of 650
Participation
87.9%
16% above average
Rank 44 of 650
410
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
559
636 eligible divisions
217
52.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
291
52.1% of votes cast
193
47.1% of votes cast
No votes
268
47.9% of votes cast
14
3.4% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

78
-19.0 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 650
Appearances
71
-26.0 vs Commons average
Rank 376 of 650
99
-70.2 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 650
Contributions
74
-95.2 vs Commons average
Rank 470 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
£191,962
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£191,962
15% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
9 of 10 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
14 of 17 votes
#2
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Benefits
24 of 32 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API