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Sarah Smith vs Sir Ashley Fox

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 Sir Ashley Fox
Sir Ashley Fox
Con Bridgwater

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Sir Ashley Fox voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 258 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 251 different votes 258 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 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 5 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 No
22 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
41 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
27 Aye 41 No
14 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
27 Aye 41 No
14 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
2 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 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
76.9 %
4 % above average
Rank 273 of 650
346
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
433
563 eligible divisions
184
53.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
194
44.8 % of votes cast
162
46.8 % of votes cast
No votes
239
55.2 % of votes cast
13
3.8 % of votes cast
Against party
13
3.0 % of votes cast
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
144
+73.1 vs Commons average
Rank 41 of 650
67
-58.8 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650
Contributions
221
+95.2 vs Commons average
Rank 83 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
£159,406
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£159,406
30 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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
4 of 5 votes
#1
Work / Employment
35 of 37 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Defence
24 of 33 votes
#3
Tax
99 of 111 votes
Migration
8 of 11 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Tax
80 of 111 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
53 of 61 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API