Ayes & Noes

Compare

Alex Davies-Jones vs Jeff Smith

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

Photograph of Alex Davies-Jones
Alex Davies-Jones
Lab Pontypridd
vs
Photograph of Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington

Voting alignment

Alex Davies-Jones and Jeff Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 921 shared comparable votes.

921 same votes 0 different votes 921 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
27 Aye 93 No
Migration 100% aligned 120 shared votes
27 Aye 93 No
54 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 114 shared votes
54 Aye 60 No
78 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 114 shared votes
78 Aye 36 No
16 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 21 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 93 No
Migration 100% aligned 120 shared votes
27 Aye 93 No
54 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 114 shared votes
54 Aye 60 No
78 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 114 shared votes
78 Aye 36 No
16 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 21 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

72.1 %
1 % below average
Rank 385 of 648
Participation
79.5 %
6 % above average
Rank 228 of 648
1,149
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,312 eligible divisions
597
52.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,009
54.9 % of votes cast
552
48.0 % of votes cast
No votes
828
45.1 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

55
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 648
Appearances
16
-44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 648
301
+191.7 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 648
Contributions
21
-88.3 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,333,464
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£314,112
39 % above average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
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

Migration
136 of 152 votes
#1
Housing
61 of 66 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 37 votes
#2
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Defence
51 of 58 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 47 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
43 of 50 votes
#5
Work / Employment
65 of 75 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 Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Aye
Children's School and Wellbeing Bill: Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 27 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API