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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 1,005 shared comparable votes.

1,005 same votes 0 different votes 1,005 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
47 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 104 shared votes
47 Aye 57 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
47 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 104 shared votes
47 Aye 57 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 203 of 650
Participation
73.8%
1% above average
Rank 334 of 650
1,915
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,245
1,688 eligible divisions
1,040
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
657
52.8% of votes cast
875
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
588
47.2% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

55
-37.2 vs Commons average
Rank 450 of 650
Appearances
104
+11.8 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 650
71
-89.2 vs Commons average
Rank 468 of 650
Contributions
766
+605.8 vs Commons average
Rank 7 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
£1,325,130
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
43 of 45 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 63 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 54 votes
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 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
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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