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Sarah Smith vs Josh Dean

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Josh Dean voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 399 shared comparable votes.

387 same votes 12 different votes 399 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
58 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
58 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
24 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
22 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
58 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
58 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
24 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
22 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

64.5%
8% below average
Rank 518 of 650
Participation
92.6%
20% above average
Rank 7 of 650
410
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
589
636 eligible divisions
217
52.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
295
50.1% of votes cast
193
47.1% of votes cast
No votes
294
49.9% of votes cast
14
3.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

78
-19.0 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 650
Appearances
65
-32.0 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 650
99
-70.2 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 650
Contributions
75
-94.2 vs Commons average
Rank 469 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
£169,396
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£169,396
25% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
9 of 10 votes
#1
Housing
33 of 33 votes
Foreign Affairs
14 of 17 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Benefits
24 of 32 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API