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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 316 shared comparable votes.

316 same votes 0 different votes 316 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
19 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
12 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
19 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 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
81.7 %
9 % above average
Rank 170 of 649
357
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,928
2,361 eligible divisions
191
53.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,066
55.3 % of votes cast
166
46.5 % of votes cast
No votes
862
44.7 % of votes cast
13
3.6 % of votes cast
Against party
15
0.8 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

62
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 343 of 650
Appearances
94
+16.1 vs Commons average
Rank 167 of 650
79
-59.3 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 650
Contributions
115
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 250 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
6 of 7 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Tax
80 of 111 votes
#5
Migration
152 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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