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Jeff Smith vs Barry Gardiner

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


Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Barry Gardiner voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,171 shared comparable votes.

1,155 same votes 16 different votes 1,171 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
110 Aye 64 No
Tax 100% aligned 174 shared votes
110 Aye 64 No
42 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 92 shared votes
42 Aye 50 No
21 Aye 66 No
Migration 100% aligned 87 shared votes
21 Aye 66 No
19 Aye 28 No
Transport 100% aligned 47 shared votes
19 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 23 No
Defence 100% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 22 No
Benefits 92% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No
67 Aye 33 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 100 shared votes
70 Aye 30 No
110 Aye 64 No
Tax 100% aligned 174 shared votes
110 Aye 64 No
42 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 92 shared votes
42 Aye 50 No
21 Aye 66 No
Migration 100% aligned 87 shared votes
21 Aye 66 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
66.6%
6% below average
Rank 484 of 650
1,914
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,601
2,405 eligible divisions
1,039
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
891
55.7% of votes cast
875
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.3% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

54
-34.8 vs Commons average
Rank 447 of 650
Appearances
55
-33.8 vs Commons average
Rank 441 of 650
70
-84.8 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 650
Contributions
91
-63.8 vs Commons average
Rank 388 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
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£268,850
19% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 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
Trade
77 of 94 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Transport
78 of 96 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
166 of 212 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

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