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Jeff Smith vs Charlotte Nichols

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 Charlotte Nichols
Charlotte Nichols
Lab Warrington North

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Charlotte Nichols voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 998 shared comparable votes.

998 same votes 0 different votes 998 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
88 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 136 shared votes
88 Aye 48 No
21 Aye 91 No
Migration 100% aligned 112 shared votes
21 Aye 91 No
51 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 111 shared votes
51 Aye 60 No
32 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
28 Aye 18 No
Housing 100% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
88 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 136 shared votes
88 Aye 48 No
21 Aye 91 No
Migration 100% aligned 112 shared votes
21 Aye 91 No
51 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 111 shared votes
51 Aye 60 No
32 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
28 Aye 18 No
Housing 100% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 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
77.5 %
4 % above average
Rank 266 of 648
1,837
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,235
1,594 eligible divisions
1,009
54.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
641
51.9 % of votes cast
828
45.1 % of votes cast
No votes
594
48.1 % 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
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

16
-43.9 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 648
Appearances
21
-38.9 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 648
21
-86.9 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 648
Contributions
26
-81.9 vs Commons average
Rank 562 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
£1,254,140
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£305,109
35 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
Defence
54 of 58 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
#3
Education
63 of 68 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
49 of 53 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes
#5
Energy
40 of 45 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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API