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Dame Siobhain McDonagh vs Jeff Smith

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


Voting alignment

Dame Siobhain McDonagh and Jeff Smith voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 992 shared comparable votes.

971 same votes 21 different votes 992 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
90 Aye 52 No
Tax 100% aligned 142 shared votes
90 Aye 52 No
48 Aye 46 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 94 shared votes
48 Aye 46 No
14 Aye 41 No
Migration 100% aligned 55 shared votes
14 Aye 41 No
17 Aye 28 No
Transport 100% aligned 45 shared votes
17 Aye 28 No
27 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 21 No
Trade 94% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 11 No
Energy 96% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
67 Aye 21 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 88 shared votes
64 Aye 24 No
90 Aye 52 No
Tax 100% aligned 142 shared votes
90 Aye 52 No
48 Aye 46 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 94 shared votes
48 Aye 46 No

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

Voting record

55.4%
17% below average
Rank 603 of 650
Participation
79.5%
7% above average
Rank 210 of 650
1,338
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,922
2,417 eligible divisions
759
56.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,047
54.5% of votes cast
579
43.3% of votes cast
No votes
875
45.5% of votes cast
21
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

44
-50.5 vs Commons average
Rank 517 of 650
Appearances
56
-38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 650
50
-114.6 vs Commons average
Rank 533 of 650
Contributions
72
-92.6 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,918,854
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£292,669
29% above average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
9
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

Brexit / EU
147 of 212 votes
#1
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Transport
66 of 98 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 82 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Education
64 of 96 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
30 of 47 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API