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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 1,038 shared comparable votes.

1,038 same votes 0 different votes 1,038 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 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 139 shared votes
88 Aye 51 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
33 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 51 shared votes
33 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 22 No
Defence 100% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
88 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 139 shared votes
88 Aye 51 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
33 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 51 shared votes
33 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 22 No
Defence 100% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 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
77.2%
5% above average
Rank 262 of 649
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,280
1,658 eligible divisions
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
655
51.2% of votes cast
863
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
625
48.8% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

55
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
Appearances
15
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 649
71
-71.3 vs Commons average
Rank 431 of 649
Contributions
17
-125.3 vs Commons average
Rank 611 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
£1,254,140
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£305,109
35% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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

Housing
62 of 67 votes
#1
Education
64 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Housing
50 of 54 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Energy
43 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
44 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#5
Defence
61 of 70 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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