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Jeff Smith vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Helen Whately voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,295 shared comparable votes.

64 same votes 1,231 different votes 1,295 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
17 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
54 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 111 shared votes
58 Aye 53 No
31 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 43 shared votes
14 Aye 29 No
26 Aye 19 No
Benefits 4% aligned 45 shared votes
17 Aye 28 No
32 Aye 15 No
Education 4% aligned 47 shared votes
17 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 46 shared votes
17 Aye 29 No
15 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
31 Aye 15 No
25 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 36 shared votes
24 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 208 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
863
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
71
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 649
Contributions
65
-78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 459 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
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
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
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API