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Sarah Smith vs Suella Braverman

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 Suella Braverman
Suella Braverman
RUK Fareham and Waterlooville

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Suella Braverman voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 158 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 151 different votes 158 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
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
38 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
16 Aye 38 No
9 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
1 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
16 Aye 38 No
9 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
1 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 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
68.5%
4% below average
Rank 453 of 649
368
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,627
2,376 eligible divisions
194
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
765
47.0% of votes cast
174
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
862
53.0% of votes cast
14
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.4% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

64
-19.6 vs Commons average
Rank 350 of 650
Appearances
60
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 377 of 650
83
-62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 650
Contributions
74
-71.7 vs Commons average
Rank 433 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
£1,671,241
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£240,275
6% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
194 of 211 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
NHS / Health
43 of 56 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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API