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Jeff Smith vs Chris McDonald

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


Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Chris McDonald voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 441 shared comparable votes.

432 same votes 9 different votes 441 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
61 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 95 shared votes
61 Aye 34 No
25 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
61 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 95 shared votes
61 Aye 34 No
25 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

79.5%
7% above average
Rank 212 of 650
Participation
77.7%
5% above average
Rank 249 of 650
1,922
2,419 eligible divisions
Total votes
492
633 eligible divisions
1,047
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
243
49.4% of votes cast
875
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
249
50.6% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.4% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

56
-38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 650
Appearances
95
+0.5 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 650
72
-92.6 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 650
Contributions
415
+250.4 vs Commons average
Rank 39 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
£217,932
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£217,932
4% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
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
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Defence
31 of 34 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API