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Sarah Smith vs Mike Kane

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Mike Kane voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 304 shared comparable votes.

302 same votes 2 different votes 304 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 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
29 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 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
72.0%
same as average
Rank 381 of 650
405
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,740
2,417 eligible divisions
214
52.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
983
56.5% of votes cast
191
47.2% of votes cast
No votes
757
43.5% of votes cast
14
3.5% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
12 years, 8 months
Since 13 Feb 2014

Debates

71
-23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 650
Appearances
41
-53.5 vs Commons average
Rank 530 of 650
89
-75.6 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 650
Contributions
54
-110.6 vs Commons average
Rank 523 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
£2,395,924
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£291,311
29% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
9 of 10 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
14 of 17 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#3
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#5
Migration
139 of 171 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API