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Sarah Smith vs Lincoln Jopp

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 Lincoln Jopp
Lincoln Jopp
Con Spelthorne

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Lincoln Jopp voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 232 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 213 different votes 232 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 6 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
17 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
37 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
16 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
16 Aye 37 No
16 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
2 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 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
68.5%
4% below average
Rank 454 of 649
368
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
404
590 eligible divisions
194
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
173
42.8% of votes cast
174
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
231
57.2% of votes cast
14
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

64
-17.8 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 649
Appearances
202
+120.2 vs Commons average
Rank 18 of 649
83
-59.5 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 649
Contributions
330
+187.5 vs Commons average
Rank 51 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£195,060
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£74,646
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£74,646
67% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
Energy
16 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
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