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Jeff Smith vs Grahame Morris

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

Photograph of Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington
vs
Photograph of Grahame Morris
Grahame Morris
Lab Easington

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Grahame Morris voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,374 shared comparable votes.

1,346 same votes 28 different votes 1,374 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
128 Aye 70 No
Tax 100% aligned 198 shared votes
128 Aye 70 No
30 Aye 97 No
Migration 100% aligned 127 shared votes
30 Aye 97 No
65 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 120 shared votes
65 Aye 55 No
30 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 61 shared votes
30 Aye 31 No
24 Aye 28 No
Defence 100% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 25 No
Benefits 88% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
71 Aye 33 No
Brexit / EU 96% aligned 104 shared votes
75 Aye 29 No
29 Aye 15 No
Education 98% aligned 44 shared votes
30 Aye 14 No
25 Aye 19 No
Trade 98% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
33 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 55 shared votes
34 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

79.5%
7% above average
Rank 210 of 650
Participation
75.6%
3% above average
Rank 293 of 650
1,922
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,828
2,417 eligible divisions
1,047
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
986
53.9% of votes cast
875
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
842
46.1% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
34
1.9% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

56
-38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 650
Appearances
27
-67.5 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 650
72
-92.6 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 650
Contributions
38
-126.6 vs Commons average
Rank 578 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
£2,919,746
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£302,235
34% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Migration
150 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
NHS / Health
49 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
70 of 82 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#5
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
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