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Sarah Smith vs Tom Tugendhat

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 Tom Tugendhat
Tom Tugendhat
Con Tonbridge

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Tom Tugendhat voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 184 shared comparable votes.

17 same votes 167 different votes 184 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
9 Aye 5 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 1 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
41 Aye 14 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
14 Aye 41 No
20 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
5 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 14 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
14 Aye 41 No
20 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
5 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 0% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 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
73.2%
1% above average
Rank 354 of 649
368
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,740
2,376 eligible divisions
194
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
835
48.0% of votes cast
174
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
905
52.0% of votes cast
14
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

65
-17.1 vs Commons average
Rank 336 of 649
Appearances
67
-15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 331 of 649
84
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 649
Contributions
119
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 273 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
£2,161,547
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£287,101
27% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
45
5 registered categories
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
191 of 211 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Migration
141 of 171 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
Benefits
65 of 81 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
Transport
72 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
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
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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