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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 426 shared comparable votes.

426 same votes 0 different votes 426 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 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
56 Aye 36 No
27 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
56 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
56 Aye 36 No
27 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

79.6 %
6 % above average
Rank 217 of 647
Participation
90.1 %
17 % above average
Rank 26 of 647
1,848
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
484
537 eligible divisions
1,011
54.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
255
52.7 % of votes cast
837
45.3 % of votes cast
No votes
229
47.3 % of votes cast
8
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

16
-46.9 vs Commons average
Rank 590 of 647
Appearances
14
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 647
21
-91.7 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 647
Contributions
14
-98.7 vs Commons average
Rank 610 of 647

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
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
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
61 of 66 votes
#1
Education
49 of 49 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes
#5
Energy
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
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
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
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