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Sarah Smith vs Liz Twist

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Liz Twist voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 352 shared comparable votes.

351 same votes 1 different votes 352 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
47 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
47 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
47 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 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
84.6%
12% above average
Rank 104 of 649
368
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,794
2,121 eligible divisions
194
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
974
54.3% of votes cast
174
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
820
45.7% of votes cast
14
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
16
0.9% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

64
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 350 of 649
Appearances
107
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 145 of 649
83
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 649
Contributions
151
+5.1 vs Commons average
Rank 205 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
£1,878,627
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£305,039
35% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Housing
52 of 55 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 46 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 73 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 163 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API