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Sarah Smith vs Victoria Atkins

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 Victoria Atkins
Victoria Atkins
Con Louth and Horncastle

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Victoria Atkins voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 217 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 215 different votes 217 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 2 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
45 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
27 Aye 45 No
17 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
2 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
27 Aye 45 No
17 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
2 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 1 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 16 shared votes
1 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

64.3 %
9 % below average
Rank 533 of 648
Participation
82.2 %
9 % above average
Rank 167 of 648
338
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,901
2,312 eligible divisions
181
53.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
920
48.4 % of votes cast
157
46.4 % of votes cast
No votes
981
51.6 % of votes cast
13
3.8 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

42
-18.7 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 648
Appearances
13
-47.7 vs Commons average
Rank 608 of 648
54
-55.3 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 648
Contributions
22
-87.3 vs Commons average
Rank 582 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£195,060
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,703,387
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£241,610
7 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
2 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

Defence
21 of 22 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Energy
14 of 17 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
Trade
3 of 4 votes
#3
Migration
159 of 169 votes
Tax
80 of 108 votes
#4
Energy
61 of 67 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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