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Sarah Smith vs Yasmin Qureshi

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 Yasmin Qureshi
Yasmin Qureshi
Lab Bolton South and Walkden

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Yasmin Qureshi voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 226 shared comparable votes.

225 same votes 1 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
33 Aye 19 No
Tax 100% aligned 52 shared votes
33 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
18 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 19 No
Tax 100% aligned 52 shared votes
33 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
18 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 18 shared votes
10 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
65.2%
7% below average
Rank 517 of 649
368
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,549
2,376 eligible divisions
194
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
863
55.7% of votes cast
174
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
686
44.3% of votes cast
14
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

65
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 650
Appearances
75
-9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 298 of 650
84
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 390 of 650
Contributions
127
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 259 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
£2,976,673
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£315,870
40% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Housing
58 of 67 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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