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Jeff Smith vs Claire Hughes

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 Claire Hughes
Claire Hughes
Lab Bangor Aberconwy

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Claire Hughes voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 484 shared comparable votes.

484 same votes 0 different votes 484 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
56 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 95 shared votes
56 Aye 39 No
27 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
27 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
56 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 95 shared votes
56 Aye 39 No
27 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
27 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 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 206 of 650
Participation
90.2%
18% above average
Rank 18 of 650
1,918
2,409 eligible divisions
Total votes
562
623 eligible divisions
1,043
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
286
50.9% of votes cast
875
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
276
49.1% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

56
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 650
Appearances
0
-93.9 vs Commons average
Rank 645 of 650
72
-91.5 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 650
Contributions
0
-163.5 vs Commons average
Rank 644 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
£180,797
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£180,797
20% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
#4
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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