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Sarah Smith vs Douglas McAllister

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 Douglas McAllister
Douglas McAllister
Lab West Dunbartonshire

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Douglas McAllister voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 329 shared comparable votes.

328 same votes 1 different votes 329 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
48 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
48 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 97% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
48 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
48 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

61.5 %
11 % below average
Rank 564 of 650
Participation
88.3 %
16 % above average
Rank 44 of 650
346
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
497
563 eligible divisions
184
53.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
249
50.1 % of votes cast
162
46.8 % of votes cast
No votes
248
49.9 % of votes cast
13
3.8 % of votes cast
Against party
15
3.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

50
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 650
Appearances
102
+31.1 vs Commons average
Rank 114 of 650
67
-58.8 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650
Contributions
121
-4.8 vs Commons average
Rank 212 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
£142,257
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£142,257
37 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
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
4 of 5 votes
#1
Defence
33 of 33 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Defence
24 of 33 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Migration
8 of 11 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
59 of 61 votes
Tax
80 of 111 votes
#5
Benefits
29 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API