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Sarah Smith vs Nick Smith

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Nick Smith voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 338 shared comparable votes.

335 same votes 3 different votes 338 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
24 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
19 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 27 No
Tax 99% aligned 78 shared votes
50 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

64.2%
8% below average
Rank 524 of 650
Participation
74.9%
3% above average
Rank 312 of 650
405
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,810
2,417 eligible divisions
214
52.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,031
57.0% of votes cast
191
47.2% of votes cast
No votes
779
43.0% of votes cast
14
3.5% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

71
-23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 650
Appearances
94
-0.5 vs Commons average
Rank 242 of 650
89
-75.6 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 650
Contributions
122
-42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 323 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
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
9 of 10 votes
#1
Education
89 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
14 of 17 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#3
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
178 of 212 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API