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Elaine Stewart vs Jeff Smith

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

Photograph of Elaine Stewart
Elaine Stewart
Lab Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
vs
Photograph of Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington

Voting alignment

Elaine Stewart and Jeff Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 335 shared comparable votes.

334 same votes 1 different votes 335 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 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
48 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
6 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 11 No
Benefits 94% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
48 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
48 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
6 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

61.5%
11% below average
Rank 564 of 649
Participation
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 649
363
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
160
44.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
203
55.9% of votes cast
No votes
863
45.6% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

26
-57.7 vs Commons average
Rank 573 of 649
Appearances
55
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 649
36
-109.9 vs Commons average
Rank 562 of 649
Contributions
71
-74.9 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£207,074
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£207,074
8% below average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26% above average
5
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

Energy
16 of 20 votes
#1
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Housing
25 of 32 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Defence
26 of 34 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Crime / Justice
47 of 62 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Tax
81 of 112 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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