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Sarah Smith vs Rachel Hopkins

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Rachel Hopkins voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 401 shared comparable votes.

388 same votes 13 different votes 401 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
58 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
58 Aye 29 No
26 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
24 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
22 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
58 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
58 Aye 29 No
26 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
24 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
22 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

64.5%
8% below average
Rank 518 of 650
Participation
85.1%
13% above average
Rank 85 of 650
410
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,450
1,704 eligible divisions
217
52.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
768
53.0% of votes cast
193
47.1% of votes cast
No votes
682
47.0% of votes cast
14
3.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 11 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

78
-19.0 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 650
Appearances
76
-21.0 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 650
99
-70.2 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 650
Contributions
88
-81.2 vs Commons average
Rank 437 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
£1,064,817
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£253,152
12% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Housing
54 of 55 votes
Foreign Affairs
14 of 17 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#3
Education
65 of 69 votes
Benefits
24 of 32 votes
#4
Migration
143 of 154 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
58 of 63 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API