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Sarah Smith vs Rebecca Long Bailey

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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Rebecca Long Bailey
Lab Salford

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Rebecca Long Bailey voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 343 shared comparable votes.

331 same votes 12 different votes 343 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
35 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 58 shared votes
35 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
22 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
22 Aye 2 No
12 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 9 No
Benefits 73% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 88% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 10 No
Education 96% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
24 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
35 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 58 shared votes
35 Aye 23 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
76.8%
5% above average
Rank 266 of 650
410
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,861
2,422 eligible divisions
217
52.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
55.0% of votes cast
193
47.1% of votes cast
No votes
837
45.0% of votes cast
14
3.4% of votes cast
Against party
26
1.4% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

78
-19.0 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 650
Appearances
66
-31.0 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 650
99
-70.2 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 650
Contributions
67
-102.2 vs Commons average
Rank 494 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
£1,991,058
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£259,636
15% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
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
9 of 10 votes
#1
Defence
68 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
14 of 17 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 68 votes
Benefits
24 of 32 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No rebel
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye rebel
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Aye
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No rebel
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Opposition day: Employers 11 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Opposition day: Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1 4 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Draft Private Rented Sector Database Regulations 2026 4 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Draft Housing (Tenancy Deposit Schemes) Order 2026 4 Nov 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
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