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Jeff Smith vs Dr Lauren Sullivan

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


Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Dr Lauren Sullivan voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 487 shared comparable votes.

477 same votes 10 different votes 487 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
61 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 95 shared votes
61 Aye 34 No
29 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 No
27 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
27 Aye 15 No
26 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
26 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
61 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 95 shared votes
61 Aye 34 No
29 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 No
27 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
27 Aye 15 No
26 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
26 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 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
88.0%
16% above average
Rank 41 of 650
1,922
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
555
631 eligible divisions
1,047
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
290
52.3% of votes cast
875
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
265
47.7% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
11
2.0% 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
59
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 650
72
-92.6 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 650
Contributions
73
-91.6 vs Commons average
Rank 463 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
£154,312
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£154,312
32% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 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