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Sarah Smith vs Shockat Adam

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Shockat Adam voted the same way 51% of the time, based on 241 shared comparable votes.

124 same votes 117 different votes 241 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
4 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 0 No
Transport 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 5 No
Energy 83% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 80% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
14 Aye 6 No
Education 20% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 36% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
1 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 40% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
12 Aye 9 No
Benefits 43% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 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
59.0%
14% below average
Rank 581 of 649
368
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
348
590 eligible divisions
194
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
190
54.6% of votes cast
174
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
158
45.4% of votes cast
14
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
n/a
rebellion not calculated
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

64
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 350 of 649
Appearances
188
+104.3 vs Commons average
Rank 24 of 649
83
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 649
Contributions
206
+60.1 vs Commons average
Rank 132 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
£231,212
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£231,212
2% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
5 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
6 of 7 votes
#1
Housing
26 of 32 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Defence
23 of 34 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 14 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
Education
31 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API