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Sarah Smith vs Jack Rankin

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 Jack Rankin
Jack Rankin
Con Windsor

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Jack Rankin voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 248 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 228 different votes 248 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 6 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
30 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
24 Aye 30 No
19 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
2 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
24 Aye 30 No
19 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
2 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 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
66.4%
6% below average
Rank 492 of 649
368
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
392
590 eligible divisions
194
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
186
47.4% of votes cast
174
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
206
52.6% of votes cast
14
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

64
-18.2 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.2 vs Commons average
Rank 368 of 649
83
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 649
Contributions
78
-65.3 vs Commons average
Rank 403 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
£143,551
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£143,551
37% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
14
7 registered categories
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
6 of 7 votes
#1
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Housing
28 of 32 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
7 of 9 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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