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Sarah Smith vs Wendy Morton

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 Wendy Morton
Wendy Morton
Con Aldridge-Brownhills

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Wendy Morton voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 226 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 216 different votes 226 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 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 6 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
2 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
15 Aye 40 No
13 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
1 Aye 17 No
3 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 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
78.3%
6% above average
Rank 231 of 649
368
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,861
2,376 eligible divisions
194
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
889
47.8% of votes cast
174
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
972
52.2% of votes cast
14
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2% 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
168
+84.4 vs Commons average
Rank 41 of 650
83
-62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 650
Contributions
273
+127.3 vs Commons average
Rank 72 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
£1,630,211
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£253,374
12% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
11
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
204 of 211 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
61 of 66 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
Migration
150 of 171 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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 17 25 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API