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Alison Griffiths vs Jeff Smith

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

Photograph of Alison Griffiths
Alison Griffiths
Con Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
vs
Photograph of Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington

Voting alignment

Alison Griffiths and Jeff Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 388 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 382 different votes 388 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
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 16 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
30 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
51 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
51 Aye 30 No
12 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

73.0%
same as average
Rank 358 of 649
Participation
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 209 of 649
428
586 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,887
2,372 eligible divisions
190
44.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,025
54.3% of votes cast
238
55.6% of votes cast
No votes
862
45.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

96
+15.4 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 649
Appearances
52
-28.6 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 649
157
+16.5 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 649
Contributions
68
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£182,517
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£182,517
19% below average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26% above average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#1
Housing
61 of 66 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Education
40 of 50 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Transport
23 of 29 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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