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Jeff Smith vs Jack Abbott

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 Jack Abbott
Jack Abbott
Lab Ipswich

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Jack Abbott voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 455 shared comparable votes.

453 same votes 2 different votes 455 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
56 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
56 Aye 38 No
29 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
56 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
56 Aye 38 No
29 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

79.7 %
7 % above average
Rank 209 of 650
Participation
91.2 %
18 % above average
Rank 13 of 650
1,864
2,340 eligible divisions
Total votes
505
554 eligible divisions
1,014
54.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
250
49.5 % of votes cast
850
45.6 % of votes cast
No votes
255
50.5 % of votes cast
8
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
3
0.6 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

28
-39.8 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 650
Appearances
20
-47.8 vs Commons average
Rank 573 of 650
39
-81.4 vs Commons average
Rank 520 of 650
Contributions
27
-93.4 vs Commons average
Rank 567 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
£181,106
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£181,106
20 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Crime / Justice
61 of 61 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#2
Education
49 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
#3
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
33 of 33 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
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