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Jeff Smith vs Gregory Stafford

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 Gregory Stafford
Gregory Stafford
Con Farnham and Bordon

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Gregory Stafford voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 351 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 342 different votes 351 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
1 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 29% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 6 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
22 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
48 Aye 32 No
Tax 1% aligned 80 shared votes
31 Aye 49 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 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
76.0%
3% above average
Rank 290 of 649
1,896
2,381 eligible divisions
Total votes
452
595 eligible divisions
1,030
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
210
46.5% of votes cast
866
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
242
53.5% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

54
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 650
Appearances
146
+61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 650
70
-76.9 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 650
Contributions
291
+144.1 vs Commons average
Rank 65 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
£192,386
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£192,386
15% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Tax
101 of 112 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Crime / Justice
57 of 66 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Work / Employment
33 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 70 votes
#4
Education
41 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#5
Energy
16 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over extension motion 13 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: New Clause 25 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Motion to sit in private 4 Jul 2025
Tax
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API