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Jeff Smith vs Dr Sam Rushworth

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


Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Dr Sam Rushworth voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 407 shared comparable votes.

393 same votes 14 different votes 407 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
42 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
42 Aye 37 No
24 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 95% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
42 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
42 Aye 37 No
24 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

79.4%
7% above average
Rank 214 of 650
Participation
71.4%
1% below average
Rank 393 of 650
1,922
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
454
636 eligible divisions
1,047
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
226
49.8% of votes cast
875
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
228
50.2% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
16
3.5% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

54
-43.0 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 650
Appearances
81
-16.0 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 650
70
-99.2 vs Commons average
Rank 484 of 650
Contributions
159
-10.2 vs Commons average
Rank 239 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
£212,044
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£212,044
6% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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

Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Housing
62 of 68 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#5
NHS / Health
10 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