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Sarah Smith vs Mark Garnier

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 Mark Garnier
Mark Garnier
Con Wyre Forest

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Mark Garnier voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 264 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 259 different votes 264 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 5 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
3 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
35 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
26 Aye 35 No
21 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
26 Aye 35 No
21 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
2 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

62.1 %
11 % below average
Rank 554 of 649
Participation
83.6 %
11 % above average
Rank 127 of 649
357
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,974
2,361 eligible divisions
191
53.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
962
48.7 % of votes cast
166
46.5 % of votes cast
No votes
1,012
51.3 % of votes cast
13
3.6 % of votes cast
Against party
23
1.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

62
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 343 of 650
Appearances
80
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 650
79
-59.3 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 650
Contributions
248
+109.7 vs Commons average
Rank 80 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
£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£260,744
15 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
22
7 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
210 of 211 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
Tax
80 of 111 votes
#5
Migration
152 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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