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Jeff Smith vs Alex Baker

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


Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Alex Baker voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 421 shared comparable votes.

410 same votes 11 different votes 421 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 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
53 Aye 32 No
27 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
27 Aye 15 No
26 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
53 Aye 32 No
27 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
27 Aye 15 No
26 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

79.4%
7% above average
Rank 214 of 650
Participation
75.0%
3% above average
Rank 309 of 650
1,922
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
477
636 eligible divisions
1,047
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
253
53.0% of votes cast
875
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
224
47.0% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.7% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

54
-43.0 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 650
Appearances
80
-17.0 vs Commons average
Rank 326 of 650
70
-99.2 vs Commons average
Rank 484 of 650
Contributions
108
-61.2 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£175,028
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£175,028
23% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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

Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 33 votes
Housing
62 of 68 votes
#2
Education
44 of 50 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Energy
17 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API