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Sarah Smith vs Paul Holmes

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Paul Holmes voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 254 shared comparable votes.

22 same votes 232 different votes 254 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
1 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 5 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
21 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
34 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
22 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
22 Aye 34 No
12 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
1 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 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
85.0%
12% above average
Rank 93 of 649
368
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,410
1,658 eligible divisions
194
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
702
49.8% of votes cast
174
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
708
50.2% of votes cast
14
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

65
-17.1 vs Commons average
Rank 336 of 649
Appearances
114
+31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 126 of 649
84
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 649
Contributions
395
+252.1 vs Commons average
Rank 38 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
£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£234,722
4% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
63 of 63 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
Trade
50 of 53 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API