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Jeff Smith vs James Murray

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 James Murray
James Murray
Lab Ealing North

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and James Murray voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 983 shared comparable votes.

983 same votes 0 different votes 983 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
95 Aye 56 No
Tax 100% aligned 151 shared votes
95 Aye 56 No
29 Aye 85 No
Migration 100% aligned 114 shared votes
29 Aye 85 No
46 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 100 shared votes
46 Aye 54 No
30 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
30 Aye 15 No
30 Aye 15 No
Housing 100% aligned 45 shared votes
30 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
95 Aye 56 No
Tax 100% aligned 151 shared votes
95 Aye 56 No
29 Aye 85 No
Migration 100% aligned 114 shared votes
29 Aye 85 No
46 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 100 shared votes
46 Aye 54 No
30 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
30 Aye 15 No
30 Aye 15 No
Housing 100% aligned 45 shared votes
30 Aye 15 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 348 of 649
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,217
1,658 eligible divisions
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
647
53.2% of votes cast
863
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
570
46.8% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

55
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
Appearances
97
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 649
71
-71.3 vs Commons average
Rank 431 of 649
Contributions
757
+614.7 vs Commons average
Rank 7 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
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 54 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API