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Jeff Smith vs Esther McVey

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


Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Esther McVey voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 934 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 884 different votes 934 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
9 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 35% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 16 No
Benefits 12% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 12 No
Energy 8% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
42 Aye 42 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 84 shared votes
44 Aye 40 No
9 Aye 14 No
Housing 4% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
77 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 121 shared votes
44 Aye 77 No
25 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 No
14 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 649
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
863
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
71
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 649
Contributions
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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
62 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API