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Wera Hobhouse vs Lisa Smart

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


Voting alignment

Wera Hobhouse and Lisa Smart voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 311 shared comparable votes.

310 same votes 1 different votes 311 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
28 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
28 Aye 39 No
18 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 20 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
28 Aye 39 No
18 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 20 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

73.3%
1% above average
Rank 353 of 649
Participation
66.4%
6% below average
Rank 493 of 649
1,554
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
392
590 eligible divisions
844
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
216
55.1% of votes cast
710
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
176
44.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

147
+63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
Appearances
174
+90.3 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 649
209
+63.1 vs Commons average
Rank 128 of 649
Contributions
247
+101.1 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£239,061
all imported IPSA years
£306,189
35% above average
Latest expenses
£239,061
6% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
21
4 registered categories
12
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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

#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#4
Education
43 of 50 votes
Trade
70 of 87 votes
#5
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API