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Sarah Smith vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 347 shared comparable votes.

340 same votes 7 different votes 347 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
44 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
44 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 22 shared votes
20 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
44 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 22 shared votes
20 Aye 2 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
83.3%
11% above average
Rank 127 of 650
410
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
530
636 eligible divisions
217
52.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
262
49.4% of votes cast
193
47.1% of votes cast
No votes
268
50.6% of votes cast
14
3.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

75
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 344 of 650
Appearances
7
-88.9 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 650
94
-73.1 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 650
Contributions
7
-160.1 vs Commons average
Rank 628 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
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
9 of 10 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
14 of 17 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Benefits
24 of 32 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#5
Transport
31 of 32 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API