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Jeff Smith vs Heidi Alexander

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 Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Heidi Alexander voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 473 shared comparable votes.

472 same votes 1 different votes 473 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
49 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
49 Aye 39 No
34 Aye 8 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 42 shared votes
34 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 8 No
Energy 94% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
49 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
49 Aye 39 No
34 Aye 8 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 42 shared votes
34 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 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 210 of 650
Participation
63.0 %
10 % below average
Rank 548 of 650
1,861
2,337 eligible divisions
Total votes
347
551 eligible divisions
1,013
54.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
161
46.4 % of votes cast
848
45.6 % of votes cast
No votes
186
53.6 % of votes cast
8
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

28
-39.5 vs Commons average
Rank 534 of 650
Appearances
57
-10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 650
39
-80.9 vs Commons average
Rank 519 of 650
Contributions
465
+345.1 vs Commons average
Rank 16 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
£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£178,830
21 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Migration
11 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#2
Transport
24 of 25 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
#3
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
5 of 6 votes
Defence
59 of 68 votes
#5
Energy
14 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
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