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Jeff Smith vs Jim Dickson

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 Jim Dickson
Jim Dickson
Lab Dartford

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Jim Dickson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 429 shared comparable votes.

429 same votes 0 different votes 429 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
55 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 93 shared votes
55 Aye 38 No
23 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 93 shared votes
55 Aye 38 No
23 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

79.5 %
6 % above average
Rank 228 of 648
Participation
90.5 %
17 % above average
Rank 23 of 648
1,837
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
476
526 eligible divisions
1,009
54.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
237
49.8 % of votes cast
828
45.1 % of votes cast
No votes
239
50.2 % of votes cast
8
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

16
-44.4 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 648
Appearances
97
+36.6 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 648
21
-87.9 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 648
Contributions
105
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 201 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£172,033
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£172,033
24 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes
#5
Benefits
29 of 30 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 Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
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