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Sarah Smith vs Stuart Andrew

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 Stuart Andrew
Stuart Andrew
Con Daventry

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Stuart Andrew voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 290 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 269 different votes 290 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
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 6 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
22 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
48 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
27 Aye 48 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
27 Aye 48 No
14 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
2 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

62.4%
10% below average
Rank 551 of 649
Participation
86.6%
14% above average
Rank 64 of 649
368
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,058
2,376 eligible divisions
194
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
991
48.2% of votes cast
174
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,067
51.8% of votes cast
14
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

64
-17.8 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 649
Appearances
56
-25.8 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 649
83
-59.7 vs Commons average
Rank 385 of 649
Contributions
76
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 411 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£195,060
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,028,565
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£367,659
63% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
6 of 7 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
206 of 211 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
Migration
160 of 171 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
56 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
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