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Sarah Smith vs Mr Angus MacDonald

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 Mr Angus MacDonald
Mr Angus MacDonald
LD Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Mr Angus MacDonald voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 219 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 182 different votes 219 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
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 71% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 9 No
Housing 37% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
1 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 7 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 12 shared votes
0 Aye 12 No
2 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Transport 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
36 Aye 16 No
Tax 6% aligned 52 shared votes
19 Aye 33 No

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

Voting record

62.3%
10% below average
Rank 552 of 649
Participation
59.4%
13% below average
Rank 580 of 649
361
579 eligible divisions
Total votes
344
579 eligible divisions
192
53.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
182
52.9% of votes cast
169
46.8% of votes cast
No votes
162
47.1% of votes cast
13
3.6% of votes cast
Against party
12
3.5% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

61
-17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 649
Appearances
55
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 649
78
-58.4 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 649
Contributions
77
-59.4 vs Commons average
Rank 396 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
£196,056
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£196,056
13% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Tax
80 of 111 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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