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Sarah Smith vs David Davis

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 David Davis
David Davis
Con Goole and Pocklington

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and David Davis voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 173 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 169 different votes 173 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
29 Aye 13 No
Tax 0% aligned 42 shared votes
13 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 1 No
Benefits 0% aligned 10 shared votes
1 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 13 No
Tax 0% aligned 42 shared votes
13 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 1 No
Benefits 0% aligned 10 shared votes
1 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 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
65.1 %
8 % below average
Rank 516 of 649
357
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,537
2,361 eligible divisions
191
53.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
718
46.7 % of votes cast
166
46.5 % of votes cast
No votes
819
53.3 % of votes cast
13
3.6 % of votes cast
Against party
91
5.9 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
18 years, 1 months
Since 10 Jul 2008

Debates

62
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 343 of 650
Appearances
55
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 650
79
-59.3 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 650
Contributions
86
-52.3 vs Commons average
Rank 366 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
£2,621,658
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£277,187
23 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
198 of 211 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
Defence
53 of 71 votes
Tax
80 of 111 votes
#5
Migration
126 of 171 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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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