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Victoria Atkins vs David Smith

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

Photograph of Victoria Atkins
Victoria Atkins
Con Louth and Horncastle
vs
Photograph of David Smith
David Smith
Lab North Northumberland

Voting alignment

Victoria Atkins and David Smith voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 250 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 247 different votes 250 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
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
25 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
30 Aye 25 No
4 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
27 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
30 Aye 25 No
4 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
27 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

80.7%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 650
Participation
70.8%
2% below average
Rank 405 of 650
1,942
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
438
619 eligible divisions
942
48.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
213
48.6% of votes cast
1,000
51.5% of votes cast
No votes
225
51.4% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
16
3.7% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

25
-63.8 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 650
Appearances
91
+2.2 vs Commons average
Rank 239 of 650
38
-116.6 vs Commons average
Rank 564 of 650
Contributions
126
-28.6 vs Commons average
Rank 287 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,703,387
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£182,965
all imported IPSA years
£241,610
7% above average
Latest expenses
£182,965
19% below average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
5
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Brexit / EU
204 of 212 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Environment / Climate
47 of 49 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Migration
160 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Energy
61 of 70 votes
#4
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
Housing
58 of 67 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
No
No
Draft ACAS Code of Practice on Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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