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Angela Rayner vs Jeff Smith

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

Photograph of Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner
Lab Ashton-under-Lyne
vs
Photograph of Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington

Voting alignment

Angela Rayner and Jeff Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,168 shared comparable votes.

1,163 same votes 5 different votes 1,168 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
94 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 132 shared votes
94 Aye 38 No
51 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 111 shared votes
51 Aye 60 No
21 Aye 80 No
Migration 100% aligned 101 shared votes
21 Aye 80 No
34 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 55 shared votes
34 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 51 shared votes
20 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
77 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 103 shared votes
74 Aye 29 No
94 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 132 shared votes
94 Aye 38 No
51 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 111 shared votes
51 Aye 60 No
21 Aye 80 No
Migration 100% aligned 101 shared votes
21 Aye 80 No
34 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 55 shared votes
34 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

66.6%
6% below average
Rank 481 of 650
Participation
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 203 of 650
1,602
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,915
2,406 eligible divisions
890
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,040
54.3% of votes cast
712
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
875
45.7% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

33
-58.0 vs Commons average
Rank 557 of 650
Appearances
56
-35.0 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 650
449
+290.5 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 650
Contributions
72
-86.5 vs Commons average
Rank 462 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,886,725
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£219,458
3% below average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26% above average
24
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
6
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

Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
#1
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
174 of 212 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 80 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
Devolution / Local Government
51 of 66 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Third Reading 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
No rebel
Aye
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Committee of the whole House Clauses 1 and 2 stand part 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
No rebel
Aye
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Second Reading 1 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
No rebel
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
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API