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Jeff Smith vs Kirsty Blackman

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 88% of the time, based on 801 shared comparable votes.

707 same votes 94 different votes 801 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
72 Aye 34 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 106 shared votes
72 Aye 34 No
23 Aye 8 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 0 No
Education 100% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
0 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 22 No
Benefits 71% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 10 No
Energy 71% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
88 Aye 44 No
Tax 73% aligned 132 shared votes
81 Aye 51 No
16 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 78% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 9 No
Defence 80% aligned 25 shared votes
17 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
56.8 %
16 % below average
Rank 600 of 648
1,837
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,313
2,312 eligible divisions
1,009
54.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
748
57.0 % of votes cast
828
45.1 % of votes cast
No votes
565
43.0 % 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
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

16
-43.9 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 648
Appearances
89
+29.1 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 648
21
-86.9 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 648
Contributions
208
+100.1 vs Commons average
Rank 71 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
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
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
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#2
Trade
78 of 88 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API