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Jeff Smith vs Julia Lopez

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 Julia Lopez
Julia Lopez
Con Hornchurch and Upminster

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Julia Lopez voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,220 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 1,167 different votes 1,220 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
23 Aye 15 No
Energy 5% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 24 No
Transport 5% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
25 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
32 Aye 15 No
Education 4% aligned 47 shared votes
17 Aye 30 No
28 Aye 94 No
Migration 4% aligned 122 shared votes
91 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No
27 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 17 No
Trade 0% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 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
83.4%
11% above average
Rank 127 of 649
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,768
2,121 eligible divisions
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
848
48.0% of votes cast
863
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
920
52.0% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.8% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

55
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 649
Appearances
29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 562 of 649
71
-74.9 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
35
-110.9 vs Commons average
Rank 563 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
£1,261,152
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£227,011
same as average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
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
62 of 67 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
185 of 188 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Migration
151 of 163 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Trade
79 of 87 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#5
Tax
251 of 288 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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