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Jeff Smith vs Jo Platt

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 Jo Platt
Jo Platt
Lab Leigh and Atherton

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Jo Platt voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 623 shared comparable votes.

621 same votes 2 different votes 623 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
77 Aye 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 123 shared votes
77 Aye 46 No
29 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
28 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 94% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
53 Aye 21 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 74 shared votes
54 Aye 20 No
77 Aye 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 123 shared votes
77 Aye 46 No
29 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
28 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 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 211 of 647
Participation
77.5 %
5 % above average
Rank 259 of 647
1,857
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
424
547 eligible divisions
1,013
54.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
215
50.7 % of votes cast
844
45.4 % of votes cast
No votes
209
49.3 % of votes cast
8
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

28
-38.2 vs Commons average
Rank 528 of 650
Appearances
31
-35.2 vs Commons average
Rank 510 of 650
39
-78.8 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 650
Contributions
41
-76.8 vs Commons average
Rank 509 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
£766,743
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£208,190
8 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
#3
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Education
43 of 49 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
53 of 61 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Medical Devices (Fees Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Jan 2026
No rebel
No
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API