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Sarah Smith vs Kim Leadbeater

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Kim Leadbeater voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 378 shared comparable votes.

365 same votes 13 different votes 378 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
50 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
50 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
13 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
50 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
13 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 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
81.5%
9% above average
Rank 163 of 650
410
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,130
1,386 eligible divisions
217
52.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
581
51.4% of votes cast
193
47.1% of votes cast
No votes
549
48.6% of votes cast
14
3.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
5 years, 4 months
Since 1 Jul 2021

Debates

78
-19.0 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 650
Appearances
14
-83.0 vs Commons average
Rank 620 of 650
99
-70.2 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 650
Contributions
23
-146.2 vs Commons average
Rank 612 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
£1,032,995
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£309,696
37% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
9 of 10 votes
#1
Education
63 of 65 votes
Foreign Affairs
14 of 17 votes
#2
NHS / Health
37 of 40 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
133 of 146 votes
Benefits
24 of 32 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
40 of 44 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API