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Sarah Smith vs Stephen Doughty

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Stephen Doughty voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 190 shared comparable votes.

189 same votes 1 different votes 190 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
27 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 7 No
Defence 100% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 7 No
Benefits 100% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 7 No
Defence 100% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 7 No
Benefits 100% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

64.2%
8% below average
Rank 524 of 650
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 490 of 650
405
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,417 eligible divisions
214
52.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
921
57.3% of votes cast
191
47.2% of votes cast
No votes
686
42.7% of votes cast
14
3.5% of votes cast
Against party
19
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

71
-23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 650
Appearances
91
-3.5 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 650
89
-75.6 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 650
Contributions
402
+237.4 vs Commons average
Rank 42 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
£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£294,894
30% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Brexit / EU
178 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
14 of 17 votes
#2
Defence
55 of 71 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
63 of 82 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API