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Jeff Smith vs Dave Robertson

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


Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Dave Robertson voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 482 shared comparable votes.

478 same votes 4 different votes 482 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
53 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
53 Aye 41 No
30 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
30 Aye 23 No
27 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
53 Aye 41 No
30 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
30 Aye 23 No
27 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 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 203 of 650
Participation
87.1%
15% above average
Rank 54 of 650
1,915
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
540
620 eligible divisions
1,040
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
288
53.3% of votes cast
875
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
252
46.7% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

55
-34.6 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 650
Appearances
117
+27.4 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 650
71
-85.0 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 650
Contributions
152
-4.0 vs Commons average
Rank 222 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
£212,620
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£212,620
6% 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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API