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Jeff Smith vs Andrew Pakes

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


Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Andrew Pakes voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 397 shared comparable votes.

386 same votes 11 different votes 397 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
29 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
29 Aye 35 No
24 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
23 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
29 Aye 35 No
24 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
23 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

79.4%
7% above average
Rank 214 of 650
Participation
70.6%
2% below average
Rank 406 of 650
1,922
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
449
636 eligible divisions
1,047
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
214
47.7% of votes cast
875
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
235
52.3% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.9% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

54
-43.0 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 650
Appearances
89
-8.0 vs Commons average
Rank 279 of 650
70
-99.2 vs Commons average
Rank 484 of 650
Contributions
107
-62.2 vs Commons average
Rank 374 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
£183,832
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£183,832
19% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 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

Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Housing
62 of 68 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Trade
9 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
#4
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API