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Jeff Smith vs Dr Allison Gardner

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


Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Dr Allison Gardner voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 467 shared comparable votes.

457 same votes 10 different votes 467 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 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
53 Aye 38 No
28 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
28 Aye 21 No
26 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
53 Aye 38 No
28 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
28 Aye 21 No
26 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 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 212 of 650
Participation
83.4%
11% above average
Rank 120 of 650
1,922
2,419 eligible divisions
Total votes
528
633 eligible divisions
1,047
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
258
48.9% of votes cast
875
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
270
51.1% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.5% of votes cast
11 years, 6 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
104
+9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 650
72
-92.6 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 650
Contributions
152
-12.6 vs Commons average
Rank 242 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
£200,981
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£200,981
11% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
#4
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#5
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API