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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.

Photograph of Sarah Smith
Sarah Smith
Lab Hyndburn
vs
Photograph of Shockat Adam
Shockat Adam
Ind Leicester South

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Shockat Adam voted the same way 52% of the time, based on 228 shared comparable votes.

118 same votes 110 different votes 228 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 5 No
Migration 67% aligned 6 shared votes
3 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

61.5 %
11 % below average
Rank 564 of 650
Participation
59.1 %
14 % below average
Rank 582 of 650
346
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
333
563 eligible divisions
184
53.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
181
54.4 % of votes cast
162
46.8 % of votes cast
No votes
152
45.6 % of votes cast
13
3.8 % of votes cast
Against party
n/a
rebellion not calculated
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

50
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 650
Appearances
177
+106.1 vs Commons average
Rank 18 of 650
67
-58.8 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650
Contributions
191
+65.2 vs Commons average
Rank 107 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
£230,874
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£230,874
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
4 of 5 votes
#1
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#2
Trade
4 of 5 votes
Defence
24 of 33 votes
#3
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Migration
8 of 11 votes
#4
Migration
8 of 11 votes
Tax
80 of 111 votes
#5
Defence
23 of 33 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API