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Jeff Smith vs Ed Davey

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


Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Ed Davey voted the same way 77% of the time, based on 884 shared comparable votes.

681 same votes 203 different votes 884 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
66 Aye 31 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 97 shared votes
66 Aye 31 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
20 Aye 8 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
27 Aye 65 No
Migration 96% aligned 92 shared votes
27 Aye 65 No
14 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 92% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 12 No
Education 29% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 41% aligned 32 shared votes
8 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 11 No
Housing 54% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
80 Aye 37 No
Tax 59% aligned 117 shared votes
72 Aye 45 No
16 Aye 8 No
Defence 63% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

79.5 %
6 % above average
Rank 228 of 648
Participation
60.9 %
12 % below average
Rank 575 of 648
1,837
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,253
2,057 eligible divisions
1,009
54.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
699
55.8 % of votes cast
828
45.1 % of votes cast
No votes
554
44.2 % of votes cast
8
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

16
-43.9 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 648
Appearances
49
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 648
21
-86.9 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 648
Contributions
82
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 296 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£294,578
30 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
4 registered categories
0
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
61 of 66 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 161 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
122 of 193 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API