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Graham Leadbitter vs Jeff Smith

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


Voting alignment

Graham Leadbitter and Jeff Smith voted the same way 38% of the time, based on 147 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 91 different votes 147 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
14 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 75% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 50% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 1 No
Transport 50% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
13 Aye 11 No
Benefits 42% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 4 No
Energy 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
20 Aye 29 No
Tax 14% aligned 49 shared votes
34 Aye 15 No
4 Aye 0 No
Defence 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 11 No
Benefits 42% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

27.8%
45% below average
Rank 639 of 649
Participation
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 649
164
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
98
59.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
66
40.2% of votes cast
No votes
863
45.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

76
-7.6 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 650
Appearances
55
-28.6 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 650
89
-56.7 vs Commons average
Rank 373 of 650
Contributions
71
-74.7 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£253,574
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£253,574
12% above average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26% above average
2
1 registered category
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

Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
#1
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Migration
8 of 13 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Work / Employment
20 of 39 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Tax
56 of 112 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API