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Sarah Smith vs Jim Allister

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 Jim Allister
Jim Allister
TUV North Antrim

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Jim Allister voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 296 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 248 different votes 296 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 5 No
Migration 38% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 33% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 9 No
Housing 26% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
18 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 25% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
1 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 20% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 0% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 0 No
Transport 0% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 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
69.8%
3% below average
Rank 435 of 649
361
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
405
580 eligible divisions
192
53.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
198
48.9% of votes cast
169
46.8% of votes cast
No votes
207
51.1% of votes cast
13
3.6% 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

61
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 353 of 649
Appearances
197
+118.3 vs Commons average
Rank 19 of 649
78
-59.1 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 649
Contributions
255
+117.9 vs Commons average
Rank 77 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
£209,116
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£209,116
8% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Education
42 of 50 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
Tax
90 of 112 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 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
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 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 342 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 102 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 86 stand part 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 12 29 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 29 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API