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Sarah Smith vs Luke Pollard

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Luke Pollard voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 261 shared comparable votes.

256 same votes 5 different votes 261 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
39 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 57 shared votes
39 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
19 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 57 shared votes
39 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
19 Aye 1 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
69.3%
3% below average
Rank 437 of 650
410
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,501
2,167 eligible divisions
217
52.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
827
55.1% of votes cast
193
47.1% of votes cast
No votes
674
44.9% of votes cast
14
3.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

75
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 344 of 650
Appearances
81
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 650
94
-73.1 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 650
Contributions
686
+518.9 vs Commons average
Rank 12 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
£1,926,010
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£309,067
37% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
14 of 17 votes
#2
Migration
144 of 163 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
Benefits
24 of 32 votes
#4
Trade
74 of 90 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#5
Defence
58 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API