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Uma Kumaran vs Nick Smith

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


Voting alignment

Uma Kumaran and Nick Smith voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 326 shared comparable votes.

323 same votes 3 different votes 326 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
19 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
26 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
26 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 26 No
Tax 98% aligned 66 shared votes
39 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
26 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
26 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

64.5%
8% below average
Rank 520 of 650
Participation
74.9%
3% above average
Rank 312 of 650
407
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,810
2,417 eligible divisions
210
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,031
57.0% of votes cast
197
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
779
43.0% of votes cast
9
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

63
-31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650
Appearances
94
-0.5 vs Commons average
Rank 242 of 650
141
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 268 of 650
Contributions
122
-42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 323 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£213,620
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£213,620
6% below average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11% above average
5
3 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

Transport
30 of 32 votes
#1
Education
89 of 96 votes
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#3
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Migration
11 of 13 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
178 of 212 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API