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Sarah Smith vs Helen Grant

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Helen Grant voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 215 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 203 different votes 215 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
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 4 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
35 Aye 17 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
17 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 17 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
17 Aye 35 No
15 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 13 shared votes
0 Aye 13 No
3 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
8 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
73.7%
1% above average
Rank 340 of 649
368
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,751
2,376 eligible divisions
194
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
826
47.2% of votes cast
174
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
925
52.8% of votes cast
14
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

64
-18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 344 of 649
Appearances
16
-66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 649
83
-60.5 vs Commons average
Rank 386 of 649
Contributions
27
-116.5 vs Commons average
Rank 587 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
£2,650,269
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£276,159
22% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
204 of 211 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
54 of 60 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API