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Jeff Smith vs David Reed

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

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Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington
vs
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David Reed
Con Exmouth and Exeter East

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and David Reed voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 327 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 319 different votes 327 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
1 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 29% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 5 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
18 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
47 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
30 Aye 47 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
30 Aye 47 No
16 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

79.5%
7% above average
Rank 210 of 650
Participation
63.4%
9% below average
Rank 537 of 650
1,922
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
400
631 eligible divisions
1,047
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
202
50.5% of votes cast
875
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
198
49.5% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

56
-38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 650
Appearances
146
+51.5 vs Commons average
Rank 98 of 650
72
-92.5 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 650
Contributions
213
+48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 154 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
£195,694
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£195,694
13% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
14
3 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
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Crime / Justice
57 of 66 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
18 of 24 votes
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
#4
Energy
15 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#5
Tax
87 of 121 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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