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Sarah Smith vs Matt Bishop
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sarah Smith and Matt Bishop voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 254 shared comparable votes.
251 same votes
3 different votes
254 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
64.2%
8% below average
Participation
53.9%
18% below average
405
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
340
631 eligible divisions
214
52.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
162
47.6% of votes cast
191
47.2% of votes cast
No votes
178
52.4% of votes cast
14
3.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
71
-23.5 vs Commons average
Appearances
35
-59.5 vs Commons average
89
-75.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
46
-118.6 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£195,060
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£157,583
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£157,583
30% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API