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Jeff Smith vs Josh MacAlister

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 Josh MacAlister
Josh MacAlister
Lab Whitehaven and Workington

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Josh MacAlister voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 408 shared comparable votes.

408 same votes 0 different votes 408 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 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
55 Aye 36 No
27 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
55 Aye 36 No
27 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

79.6 %
6 % above average
Rank 217 of 647
Participation
84.7 %
12 % above average
Rank 114 of 647
1,848
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
455
537 eligible divisions
1,011
54.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
230
50.5 % of votes cast
837
45.3 % of votes cast
No votes
225
49.5 % of votes cast
8
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

22
-41.6 vs Commons average
Rank 563 of 647
Appearances
50
-13.6 vs Commons average
Rank 350 of 647
29
-84.6 vs Commons average
Rank 553 of 647
Contributions
157
+43.4 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£223,568
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£223,568
1 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Education
49 of 49 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#2
Defence
22 of 22 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes
#5
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
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
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
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