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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 2% of the time, based on 341 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 333 different votes 341 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 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
21 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 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

79.5 %
7 % above average
Rank 209 of 649
Participation
76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 290 of 649
1,877
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
437
575 eligible divisions
1,024
54.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
202
46.2 % of votes cast
853
45.4 % of votes cast
No votes
235
53.8 % of votes cast
8
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

45
-32.9 vs Commons average
Rank 459 of 650
Appearances
143
+65.1 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 650
61
-77.3 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 650
Contributions
281
+142.7 vs Commons average
Rank 58 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
61 of 66 votes
#1
Tax
100 of 111 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#2
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
#3
Work / Employment
33 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 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
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
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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