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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 405 shared comparable votes.

405 same votes 0 different votes 405 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 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
30 Aye 38 No
29 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
29 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
30 Aye 38 No
29 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
29 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

79.6 %
6 % above average
Rank 217 of 647
Participation
84.2 %
11 % above average
Rank 122 of 647
1,848
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
452
537 eligible divisions
1,011
54.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
225
49.8 % of votes cast
837
45.3 % of votes cast
No votes
227
50.2 % of votes cast
8
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

22
-41.6 vs Commons average
Rank 563 of 647
Appearances
44
-19.6 vs Commons average
Rank 406 of 647
29
-84.6 vs Commons average
Rank 553 of 647
Contributions
51
-62.6 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 647

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
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
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

Housing
61 of 66 votes
#1
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
60 of 61 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API