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Sarah Smith vs James Wild

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 James Wild
James Wild
Con North West Norfolk

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and James Wild voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 261 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 254 different votes 261 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 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 6 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
21 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
45 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
25 Aye 45 No
22 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
6 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
25 Aye 45 No
22 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
6 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
2 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 4 No
Energy 0% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

62.1 %
11 % below average
Rank 554 of 649
Participation
86.1 %
13 % above average
Rank 79 of 649
357
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,414
1,643 eligible divisions
191
53.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
700
49.5 % of votes cast
166
46.5 % of votes cast
No votes
714
50.5 % of votes cast
13
3.6 % of votes cast
Against party
11
0.8 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

62
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 343 of 650
Appearances
126
+48.1 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 650
79
-59.3 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 650
Contributions
235
+96.7 vs Commons average
Rank 93 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
£985,585
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£228,734
1 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Trade
51 of 53 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 70 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
Tax
80 of 111 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 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
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
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