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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 323 shared comparable votes.

323 same votes 0 different votes 323 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
17 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 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
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
17 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 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
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

65.4%
7% below average
Rank 511 of 649
Participation
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 313 of 649
386
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
203
52.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
183
47.4% of votes cast
No votes
763
42.9% of votes cast
3
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

32
-51.7 vs Commons average
Rank 544 of 649
Appearances
95
+11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 649
44
-101.9 vs Commons average
Rank 531 of 649
Contributions
125
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 649

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
35
5 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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Education
89 of 96 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Migration
11 of 13 votes
#3
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
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