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Sarah Smith vs Hannah Spencer

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 Hannah Spencer
Hannah Spencer
Green Gorton and Denton

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Hannah Spencer voted the same way 56% of the time, based on 77 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 34 different votes 77 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
3 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
6 Aye 0 No
Benefits 83% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 80% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 4 No
Tax 80% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 0 No
Education 60% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 1 No
Crime / Justice 29% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
1 Aye 6 No
Defence 43% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 0 No
Education 60% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 80% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 4 No
Tax 80% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 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
82.1%
9% above average
Rank 156 of 649
368
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
128
156 eligible divisions
194
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
60
46.9% of votes cast
174
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
68
53.1% of votes cast
14
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
7 months
Since 26 Feb 2026

Debates

64
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 350 of 649
Appearances
47
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 649
83
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 649
Contributions
50
-95.9 vs Commons average
Rank 509 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
£0
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
n/a
average unavailable
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
15
4 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
6 of 7 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
13 of 13 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
5 of 5 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Migration
4 of 4 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
Work / Employment
3 of 3 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
3 of 3 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
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 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
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