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Jeff Smith vs Dame Diana Johnson

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 Dame Diana Johnson
Dame Diana Johnson
Lab Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Dame Diana Johnson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,223 shared comparable votes.

1,219 same votes 4 different votes 1,223 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
104 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 155 shared votes
104 Aye 51 No
61 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 118 shared votes
61 Aye 57 No
20 Aye 68 No
Migration 100% aligned 88 shared votes
20 Aye 68 No
29 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 56 shared votes
29 Aye 27 No
32 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 54 shared votes
32 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
78 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 107 shared votes
81 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 12 No
Energy 97% aligned 37 shared votes
26 Aye 11 No
104 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 155 shared votes
104 Aye 51 No
61 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 118 shared votes
61 Aye 57 No
20 Aye 68 No
Migration 100% aligned 88 shared votes
20 Aye 68 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 204 of 650
Participation
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 433 of 650
1,914
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,672
2,405 eligible divisions
1,039
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
948
56.7% of votes cast
875
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
724
43.3% 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
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

55
-35.0 vs Commons average
Rank 445 of 650
Appearances
57
-33.0 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 650
71
-85.6 vs Commons average
Rank 462 of 650
Contributions
132
-24.6 vs Commons average
Rank 273 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
£2,849,618
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£246,131
9% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
9
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
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
177 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
#4
Trade
78 of 94 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Third Reading 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Committee of the whole House Clauses 1 and 2 stand part 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Second Reading 1 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API