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Jeff Smith vs Alice Macdonald

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 Alice Macdonald
Alice Macdonald
Lab Norwich North

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Alice Macdonald voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 444 shared comparable votes.

444 same votes 0 different votes 444 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
30 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
30 Aye 41 No
29 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
29 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
30 Aye 41 No
29 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
29 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 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
84.7%
12% above average
Rank 99 of 649
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
500
590 eligible divisions
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
244
48.8% of votes cast
863
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
256
51.2% 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
30
-52.3 vs Commons average
Rank 555 of 649
71
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 649
Contributions
37
-106.5 vs Commons average
Rank 557 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
£186,253
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£186,253
18% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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

Housing
62 of 67 votes
#1
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
60 of 62 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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API