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Jeff Smith vs Andy McDonald

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 Andy McDonald
Andy McDonald
Lab Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Andy McDonald voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,350 shared comparable votes.

1,330 same votes 20 different votes 1,350 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
117 Aye 69 No
Tax 100% aligned 186 shared votes
117 Aye 69 No
62 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 128 shared votes
62 Aye 66 No
28 Aye 96 No
Migration 100% aligned 124 shared votes
28 Aye 96 No
32 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 64 shared votes
32 Aye 32 No
26 Aye 28 No
Defence 100% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 22 No
Benefits 90% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
77 Aye 34 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 111 shared votes
80 Aye 31 No
24 Aye 17 No
Housing 98% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
39 Aye 18 No
Education 98% aligned 57 shared votes
38 Aye 19 No
117 Aye 69 No
Tax 100% aligned 186 shared votes
117 Aye 69 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 206 of 650
Participation
75.6%
3% above average
Rank 293 of 650
1,911
2,401 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,816
2,401 eligible divisions
1,036
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,003
55.2% of votes cast
875
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
813
44.8% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

54
-32.8 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 650
Appearances
91
+4.2 vs Commons average
Rank 227 of 650
70
-81.2 vs Commons average
Rank 455 of 650
Contributions
128
-23.2 vs Commons average
Rank 265 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
£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£296,890
31% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
Work / Employment
74 of 80 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
Foreign Affairs
68 of 76 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No rebel
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye rebel
Aye
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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