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Shaun Davies vs Nick Smith

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Shaun Davies
Shaun Davies
Lab Telford
vs
Photograph of Nick Smith
Nick Smith
Lab Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney

Voting alignment

Shaun Davies and Nick Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 294 shared comparable votes.

294 same votes 0 different votes 294 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
40 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
40 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 3 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
22 Aye 3 No
18 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
40 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 3 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
22 Aye 3 No
18 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

65.2 %
8 % below average
Rank 516 of 647
Participation
74.5 %
1 % above average
Rank 332 of 647
350
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,731
2,323 eligible divisions
191
54.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
996
57.5 % of votes cast
159
45.4 % of votes cast
No votes
735
42.5 % of votes cast
3
0.9 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

41
-22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 425 of 647
Appearances
63
-0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 647
53
-60.8 vs Commons average
Rank 445 of 647
Contributions
91
-22.8 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£210,313
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£210,313
7 % below average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11 % above average
17
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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

Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#1
Education
88 of 95 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Work / Employment
69 of 75 votes
Defence
19 of 22 votes
#3
Housing
58 of 66 votes
Housing
26 of 31 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Migration
9 of 11 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API