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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 316 shared comparable votes.

316 same votes 0 different votes 316 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 509 of 649
Participation
74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 318 of 649
376
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,767
2,361 eligible divisions
200
53.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,012
57.3 % of votes cast
176
46.8 % of votes cast
No votes
755
42.7 % of votes cast
3
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

36
-41.9 vs Commons average
Rank 509 of 650
Appearances
91
+13.1 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650
47
-91.3 vs Commons average
Rank 506 of 650
Contributions
119
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 239 of 650

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
89 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#3
Housing
58 of 66 votes
Migration
11 of 13 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Housing
26 of 31 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 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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
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