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Sarah Smith vs Naz Shah

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Naz Shah voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 257 shared comparable votes.

256 same votes 1 different votes 257 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
33 Aye 20 No
Tax 100% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 19 shared votes
17 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 20 No
Tax 100% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 19 shared votes
17 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 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
65.3%
7% below average
Rank 514 of 649
368
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,551
2,376 eligible divisions
194
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
860
55.4% of votes cast
174
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
691
44.6% of votes cast
14
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
16
1.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

66
-18.8 vs Commons average
Rank 344 of 650
Appearances
23
-61.8 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 650
85
-62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 389 of 650
Contributions
27
-120.7 vs Commons average
Rank 593 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
£2,337,527
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£312,636
38% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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
Housing
57 of 67 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
NHS / Health
45 of 56 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
169 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API