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Sarah Smith vs Laura Trott

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Laura Trott voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 184 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 176 different votes 184 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
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 5 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
31 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
16 Aye 31 No
15 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
16 Aye 31 No
15 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 2 No
Energy 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

62.4%
10% below average
Rank 551 of 649
Participation
74.5%
2% above average
Rank 323 of 649
368
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,235
1,658 eligible divisions
194
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
640
51.8% of votes cast
174
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
595
48.2% of votes cast
14
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

64
-19.6 vs Commons average
Rank 350 of 650
Appearances
32
-51.6 vs Commons average
Rank 546 of 650
83
-62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 650
Contributions
52
-93.7 vs Commons average
Rank 503 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
£1,164,100
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£284,794
26% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
14
5 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
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 44 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
143 of 174 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
Defence
57 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

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