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Alison Hume vs Jeff Smith

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

Photograph of Alison Hume
Alison Hume
Lab Scarborough and Whitby
vs
Photograph of Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington

Voting alignment

Alison Hume and Jeff Smith voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 441 shared comparable votes.

437 same votes 4 different votes 441 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
48 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
48 Aye 38 No
28 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
28 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 11 No
Benefits 79% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
48 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
48 Aye 38 No
28 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
28 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

79.0%
7% above average
Rank 217 of 650
Participation
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 203 of 650
490
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,915
2,406 eligible divisions
229
46.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,040
54.3% of votes cast
261
53.3% of votes cast
No votes
875
45.7% of votes cast
4
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

107
+14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 179 of 650
Appearances
56
-36.1 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 650
132
-28.1 vs Commons average
Rank 280 of 650
Contributions
72
-88.1 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£231,319
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£231,319
2% above average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26% above average
3
3 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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
Defence
32 of 34 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API