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Jeff Smith vs Alex Norris

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 Alex Norris
Alex Norris
Lab Nottingham North and Kimberley

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Alex Norris voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,186 shared comparable votes.

1,186 same votes 0 different votes 1,186 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
100 Aye 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 147 shared votes
100 Aye 47 No
30 Aye 96 No
Migration 100% aligned 126 shared votes
30 Aye 96 No
53 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 106 shared votes
53 Aye 53 No
69 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 96 shared votes
69 Aye 27 No
29 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 58 shared votes
29 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
100 Aye 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 147 shared votes
100 Aye 47 No
30 Aye 96 No
Migration 100% aligned 126 shared votes
30 Aye 96 No
53 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 106 shared votes
53 Aye 53 No
69 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 96 shared votes
69 Aye 27 No
29 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 58 shared votes
29 Aye 29 No

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

Voting record

79.5 %
6 % above average
Rank 228 of 648
Participation
75.1 %
2 % above average
Rank 320 of 648
1,837
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,545
2,057 eligible divisions
1,009
54.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
872
56.4 % of votes cast
828
45.1 % of votes cast
No votes
673
43.6 % of votes cast
8
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

16
-44.4 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 648
Appearances
32
-28.4 vs Commons average
Rank 479 of 648
21
-87.9 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 648
Contributions
168
+59.1 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,827,073
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£301,924
33 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
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
61 of 66 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
#3
Migration
142 of 161 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 43 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
159 of 188 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API