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Jeff Smith vs Alistair Strathern

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 Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 504 shared comparable votes.

504 same votes 0 different votes 504 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
63 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 103 shared votes
63 Aye 40 No
33 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 56 shared votes
33 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 27 No
Migration 100% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
63 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 103 shared votes
63 Aye 40 No
33 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 56 shared votes
33 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 27 No
Migration 100% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 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
79.4 %
6 % above average
Rank 229 of 648
1,837
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
552
695 eligible divisions
1,009
54.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
289
52.4 % of votes cast
828
45.1 % of votes cast
No votes
263
47.6 % of votes cast
8
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 7 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

16
-44.4 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 648
Appearances
54
-6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 648
21
-87.9 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 648
Contributions
63
-45.9 vs Commons average
Rank 390 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
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 25 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 8 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes
#5
Energy
21 of 22 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
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
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API