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Sarah Smith vs Louise Haigh

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Louise Haigh voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 243 shared comparable votes.

241 same votes 2 different votes 243 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
29 Aye 13 No
Tax 100% aligned 42 shared votes
29 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
19 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
19 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 13 No
Tax 100% aligned 42 shared votes
29 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
19 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
19 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

64.2%
8% below average
Rank 524 of 650
Participation
64.5%
8% below average
Rank 519 of 650
405
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,559
2,417 eligible divisions
214
52.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
896
57.5% of votes cast
191
47.2% of votes cast
No votes
663
42.5% of votes cast
14
3.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

71
-23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 650
Appearances
17
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 650
89
-75.6 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 650
Contributions
288
+123.4 vs Commons average
Rank 90 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
£2,002,785
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£226,069
same as average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Foreign Affairs
14 of 17 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#3
Defence
54 of 71 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
161 of 212 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#5
Trade
69 of 94 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API