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Jeff Smith vs Andrew Western

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 Andrew Western
Andrew Western
Lab Stretford and Urmston

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Andrew Western voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 620 shared comparable votes.

620 same votes 0 different votes 620 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
52 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
52 Aye 38 No
34 Aye 32 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 66 shared votes
34 Aye 32 No
13 Aye 45 No
Migration 100% aligned 58 shared votes
13 Aye 45 No
31 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
31 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 37 shared votes
12 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
52 Aye 38 No
34 Aye 32 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 66 shared votes
34 Aye 32 No
13 Aye 45 No
Migration 100% aligned 58 shared votes
13 Aye 45 No
31 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
31 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 37 shared votes
12 Aye 25 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
73.2%
1% above average
Rank 357 of 649
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
712
973 eligible divisions
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
348
48.9% of votes cast
863
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
364
51.1% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
3 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2022

Debates

55
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 649
Appearances
45
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 476 of 649
71
-71.2 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 649
Contributions
298
+155.8 vs Commons average
Rank 58 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
£577,200
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£255,721
13% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
1 registered category
1
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
62 of 67 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
17 of 17 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
39 of 44 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#5
Education
50 of 58 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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