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Sarah Smith vs Mrs Kemi Badenoch

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Mrs Kemi Badenoch voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 128 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 125 different votes 128 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 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
31 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 46 shared votes
15 Aye 31 No
14 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 2 No
Energy 0% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 46 shared votes
15 Aye 31 No
14 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 2 No
Energy 0% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 3 No
Defence 0% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

62.1 %
11 % below average
Rank 554 of 649
Participation
67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 482 of 649
357
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,410
2,106 eligible divisions
191
53.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
699
49.6 % of votes cast
166
46.5 % of votes cast
No votes
711
50.4 % of votes cast
13
3.6 % of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

62
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 343 of 650
Appearances
61
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 358 of 650
79
-59.3 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 650
Contributions
249
+110.7 vs Commons average
Rank 79 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
£1,740,878
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£278,687
23 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
19
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
167 of 188 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Trade
73 of 87 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Migration
134 of 163 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
Tax
80 of 111 votes
#5
Energy
45 of 59 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API