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Jeff Smith vs Kim Leadbeater

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 Kim Leadbeater
Kim Leadbeater
Lab Spen Valley

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Kim Leadbeater voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 939 shared comparable votes.

939 same votes 0 different votes 939 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
84 Aye 54 No
Tax 100% aligned 138 shared votes
84 Aye 54 No
55 Aye 45 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 100 shared votes
55 Aye 45 No
24 Aye 69 No
Migration 100% aligned 93 shared votes
24 Aye 69 No
33 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 52 shared votes
33 Aye 19 No
28 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 50 shared votes
28 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
84 Aye 54 No
Tax 100% aligned 138 shared votes
84 Aye 54 No
55 Aye 45 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 100 shared votes
55 Aye 45 No
24 Aye 69 No
Migration 100% aligned 93 shared votes
24 Aye 69 No
33 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 52 shared votes
33 Aye 19 No
28 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 50 shared votes
28 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
82.3%
10% above average
Rank 151 of 649
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,103
1,340 eligible divisions
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
571
51.8% of votes cast
863
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
532
48.2% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
5 years, 2 months
Since 1 Jul 2021

Debates

55
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
Appearances
9
-72.7 vs Commons average
Rank 621 of 649
71
-71.3 vs Commons average
Rank 431 of 649
Contributions
18
-124.3 vs Commons average
Rank 609 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
£1,032,995
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£309,696
37% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Education
63 of 65 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
NHS / Health
37 of 40 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
129 of 142 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
28 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
48 of 54 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 Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API