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Jeff Smith vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,114 shared comparable votes.

1,110 same votes 4 different votes 1,114 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
107 Aye 55 No
Tax 100% aligned 162 shared votes
107 Aye 55 No
30 Aye 83 No
Migration 100% aligned 113 shared votes
30 Aye 83 No
47 Aye 46 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 93 shared votes
47 Aye 46 No
26 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
31 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
31 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 8 No
Energy 95% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
77 Aye 30 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 107 shared votes
80 Aye 27 No
107 Aye 55 No
Tax 100% aligned 162 shared votes
107 Aye 55 No
30 Aye 83 No
Migration 100% aligned 113 shared votes
30 Aye 83 No
47 Aye 46 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 93 shared votes
47 Aye 46 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 217 of 647
Participation
66.0 %
7 % below average
Rank 500 of 647
1,848
2,324 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,535
2,324 eligible divisions
1,011
54.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
880
57.3 % of votes cast
837
45.3 % of votes cast
No votes
655
42.7 % of votes cast
8
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

25
-39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 545 of 647
Appearances
44
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 647
33
-82.5 vs Commons average
Rank 539 of 647
Contributions
109
-6.5 vs Commons average
Rank 215 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
14
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
180 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#2
Migration
136 of 169 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
#3
Defence
47 of 59 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 88 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 91 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API