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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.

Photograph of Sarah Smith
Sarah Smith
Lab Hyndburn
vs
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Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Con North West Essex

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Mrs Kemi Badenoch voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 133 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 129 different votes 133 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

62.4%
10% below average
Rank 551 of 649
Participation
66.7%
6% below average
Rank 484 of 649
368
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,415
2,121 eligible divisions
194
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
702
49.6% of votes cast
174
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
713
50.4% of votes cast
14
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

64
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 350 of 649
Appearances
66
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 649
83
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 649
Contributions
277
+131.1 vs Commons average
Rank 69 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
£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
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
Energy
45 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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