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Sarah Smith vs Justin Madders

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 Justin Madders
Justin Madders
Lab Ellesmere Port and Bromborough

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Justin Madders voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 305 shared comparable votes.

305 same votes 0 different votes 305 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
45 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
45 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
45 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

61.5 %
11 % below average
Rank 564 of 650
Participation
81.6 %
9 % above average
Rank 170 of 650
346
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,917
2,349 eligible divisions
184
53.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,059
55.2 % of votes cast
162
46.8 % of votes cast
No votes
858
44.8 % of votes cast
13
3.8 % of votes cast
Against party
15
0.8 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

50
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 650
Appearances
79
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 650
67
-58.8 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650
Contributions
102
-23.8 vs Commons average
Rank 271 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
£2,078,779
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£299,970
33 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
4 of 5 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#2
Work / Employment
69 of 75 votes
Defence
24 of 33 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
Migration
8 of 11 votes
#4
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Tax
80 of 111 votes
#5
Migration
150 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
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