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Harriet Cross vs Jeff Smith

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

Photograph of Harriet Cross
Harriet Cross
Con Gordon and Buchan
vs
Photograph of Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington

Voting alignment

Harriet Cross and Jeff Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 322 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 314 different votes 322 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
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 14 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
29 Aye 49 No
Tax 3% aligned 78 shared votes
47 Aye 31 No
12 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

72.4 %
same as average
Rank 373 of 650
Participation
79.7 %
7 % above average
Rank 210 of 650
404
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,868
2,344 eligible divisions
189
46.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,018
54.5 % of votes cast
215
53.2 % of votes cast
No votes
850
45.5 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

107
+36.9 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 650
Appearances
34
-36.1 vs Commons average
Rank 496 of 650
191
+66.5 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 650
Contributions
47
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 491 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£178,612
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£178,612
21 % below average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
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
4 of 4 votes
#1
Housing
61 of 66 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#2
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Tax
97 of 108 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
Housing
26 of 31 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
49 of 61 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Motion to sit in private 4 Jul 2025
Tax
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
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