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Sarah Smith vs Mark Pritchard

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 Pritchard
Mark Pritchard
Con The Wrekin

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Mark Pritchard voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 223 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 205 different votes 223 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 6 No
Benefits 38% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
46 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
20 Aye 46 No
20 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
20 Aye 46 No
20 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
1 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 2 No
Housing 0% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 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
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 523 of 649
368
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,538
2,376 eligible divisions
194
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
732
47.6% of votes cast
174
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
806
52.4% of votes cast
14
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
16
1.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

64
-17.8 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 649
Appearances
182
+100.2 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649
83
-59.5 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 649
Contributions
220
+77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 111 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
£2,150,580
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£174,182
23% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 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
Brexit / EU
198 of 211 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Migration
136 of 171 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
52 of 66 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
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
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 50 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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