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Jeff Smith vs Chris Philp

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 Chris Philp
Chris Philp
Con Croydon South

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Chris Philp voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,272 shared comparable votes.

78 same votes 1,194 different votes 1,272 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
17 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
31 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 7% aligned 45 shared votes
17 Aye 28 No
76 Aye 33 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 109 shared votes
35 Aye 74 No
24 Aye 18 No
Energy 5% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
64 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 127 shared votes
67 Aye 60 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
21 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 15 No
Benefits 0% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 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
83.3%
11% above average
Rank 128 of 649
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,979
2,376 eligible divisions
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
959
48.5% of votes cast
863
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,020
51.5% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
17
0.9% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 649
Appearances
56
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 649
71
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 649
Contributions
85
-58.5 vs Commons average
Rank 383 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
£1,743,577
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£215,599
5% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
11
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
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Migration
160 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
No
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