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Sarah Smith vs Mike Martin

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Mike Martin voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 230 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 193 different votes 230 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
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 75% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 33% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 1 No
Transport 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
39 Aye 19 No
Tax 5% aligned 58 shared votes
22 Aye 36 No
19 Aye 10 No
Education 7% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 6 No
Defence 7% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

62.2%
10% below average
Rank 553 of 649
Participation
58.6%
14% below average
Rank 584 of 649
361
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
340
580 eligible divisions
192
53.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
189
55.6% of votes cast
169
46.8% of votes cast
No votes
151
44.4% of votes cast
13
3.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

61
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 353 of 649
Appearances
111
+32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 121 of 649
78
-59.1 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 649
Contributions
147
+9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 194 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
£164,314
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£164,314
27% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
41
5 registered categories
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

Trade
6 of 7 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Education
42 of 50 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API