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Sarah Smith vs Ed Davey

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 Ed Davey
Ed Davey
LD Kingston and Surbiton

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Ed Davey voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 166 shared comparable votes.

29 same votes 137 different votes 166 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
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 71% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 6 No
Housing 43% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 3 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
12 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 20% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 4 No
Defence 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 7 No
Education 5% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 7% aligned 15 shared votes
1 Aye 14 No
25 Aye 16 No
Tax 7% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
3 Aye 6 No
Benefits 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 20% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

62.2%
10% below average
Rank 553 of 649
Participation
60.2%
13% below average
Rank 573 of 649
361
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,271
2,111 eligible divisions
192
53.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
713
56.1% of votes cast
169
46.8% of votes cast
No votes
558
43.9% of votes cast
13
3.6% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

61
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 353 of 649
Appearances
64
-14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 337 of 649
78
-59.1 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 649
Contributions
105
-32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 301 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
£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£294,578
30% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
11
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
170 of 188 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
45 of 63 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 163 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
122 of 194 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Radio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 19 Nov 2025
Aye
Aye
Sentencing Bill Committee: Clause 1, as amended, stand part 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 46 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Opposition Day: Welfare 15 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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