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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 1,153 shared comparable votes.

1,149 same votes 4 different votes 1,153 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 57 No
Tax 100% aligned 164 shared votes
107 Aye 57 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
20 Aye 25 No
Defence 100% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 10 No
Energy 96% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
77 Aye 30 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 107 shared votes
80 Aye 27 No
107 Aye 57 No
Tax 100% aligned 164 shared votes
107 Aye 57 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

79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 649
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
863
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
684
43.3% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

55
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
Appearances
43
-38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 490 of 649
71
-71.3 vs Commons average
Rank 431 of 649
Contributions
48
-94.3 vs Commons average
Rank 510 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
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
4
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
62 of 67 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API