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Sarah Smith vs Richard Tice

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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Richard Tice
RUK Boston and Skegness

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Richard Tice voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 215 shared comparable votes.

14 same votes 201 different votes 215 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
2 Aye 6 No
Migration 25% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 7 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 6 No
Education 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 10 No
Tax 0% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
1 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 2 No
Energy 0% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 2 No
Trade 0% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 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
51.7%
21% below average
Rank 618 of 649
368
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
305
590 eligible divisions
194
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
146
47.9% of votes cast
174
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
159
52.1% of votes cast
14
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
11
3.6% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

64
-18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 344 of 649
Appearances
180
+97.7 vs Commons average
Rank 27 of 649
83
-60.5 vs Commons average
Rank 386 of 649
Contributions
259
+115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 79 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
£176,036
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£176,036
22% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
23
5 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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
6 of 9 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
Defence
22 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 2 Jul 2025
Aye
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