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Jeff Smith vs Alan Gemmell

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

Photograph of Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington
vs
Photograph of Alan Gemmell
Alan Gemmell
Lab Central Ayrshire

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Alan Gemmell voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 417 shared comparable votes.

417 same votes 0 different votes 417 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
53 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
53 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
21 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
53 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
21 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 649
Participation
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 207 of 649
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
470
590 eligible divisions
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
246
52.3% of votes cast
863
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
224
47.7% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 649
Appearances
57
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 649
71
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 649
Contributions
65
-78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£170,626
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£170,626
25% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Housing
62 of 67 votes
#1
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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