Compare

Gerald Jones vs Jeff Smith

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

Photograph of Gerald Jones
Gerald Jones
Lab Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare
vs
Photograph of Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington

Voting alignment

Gerald Jones and Jeff Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,289 shared comparable votes.

1,285 same votes 4 different votes 1,289 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
107 Aye 64 No
Tax 100% aligned 171 shared votes
107 Aye 64 No
63 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 124 shared votes
63 Aye 61 No
28 Aye 72 No
Migration 100% aligned 100 shared votes
28 Aye 72 No
18 Aye 33 No
Transport 100% aligned 51 shared votes
18 Aye 33 No
20 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 51 shared votes
20 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
79 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 105 shared votes
76 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 16 No
Energy 97% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
107 Aye 64 No
Tax 100% aligned 171 shared votes
107 Aye 64 No
63 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 124 shared votes
63 Aye 61 No
28 Aye 72 No
Migration 100% aligned 100 shared votes
28 Aye 72 No

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

Voting record

81.0%
8% above average
Rank 180 of 649
Participation
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 209 of 649
1,921
2,372 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,887
2,372 eligible divisions
1,072
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,025
54.3% of votes cast
849
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
862
45.7% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

30
-50.6 vs Commons average
Rank 548 of 649
Appearances
52
-28.6 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 649
38
-102.5 vs Commons average
Rank 542 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

£2,070,048
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£278,380
23% above average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
1
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
68 of 69 votes
#1
Housing
61 of 66 votes
Transport
86 of 95 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
No rebel
Where they voted the same
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
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API