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Sarah Smith vs Sir Mark Tami

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Sir Mark Tami voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 392 shared comparable votes.

381 same votes 11 different votes 392 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
57 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
57 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
57 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
57 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 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
82.8%
10% above average
Rank 136 of 650
410
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,005
2,422 eligible divisions
217
52.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,092
54.5% of votes cast
193
47.1% of votes cast
No votes
913
45.5% of votes cast
14
3.4% of votes cast
Against party
15
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 5 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

78
-19.0 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 650
Appearances
0
-97.0 vs Commons average
Rank 646 of 650
99
-70.2 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 650
Contributions
0
-169.2 vs Commons average
Rank 645 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
£2,953,004
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£286,200
27% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
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
Foreign Affairs
78 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
14 of 17 votes
#2
Education
91 of 96 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
Benefits
24 of 32 votes
#4
Migration
154 of 171 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#5
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API