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Jeff Smith vs Alison McGovern

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


Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Alison McGovern voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,259 shared comparable votes.

1,257 same votes 2 different votes 1,259 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
103 Aye 63 No
Tax 100% aligned 166 shared votes
103 Aye 63 No
30 Aye 92 No
Migration 100% aligned 122 shared votes
30 Aye 92 No
55 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 116 shared votes
55 Aye 61 No
32 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 51 shared votes
32 Aye 19 No
30 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 49 shared votes
30 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 13 No
Energy 97% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
72 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 99 shared votes
73 Aye 26 No
103 Aye 63 No
Tax 100% aligned 166 shared votes
103 Aye 63 No
30 Aye 92 No
Migration 100% aligned 122 shared votes
30 Aye 92 No
55 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 116 shared votes
55 Aye 61 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 204 of 650
Participation
70.2%
2% below average
Rank 421 of 650
1,914
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,688
2,405 eligible divisions
1,039
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
932
55.2% of votes cast
875
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
756
44.8% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

54
-34.8 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 650
Appearances
72
-16.8 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 650
70
-84.6 vs Commons average
Rank 462 of 650
Contributions
521
+366.4 vs Commons average
Rank 21 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
£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£303,304
34% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
#4
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
174 of 212 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API