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Jeff Smith vs Lauren Edwards

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 Lauren Edwards
Lauren Edwards
Lab Rochester and Strood

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Lauren Edwards voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 415 shared comparable votes.

415 same votes 0 different votes 415 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
48 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
48 Aye 38 No
28 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
28 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
48 Aye 38 No
28 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
28 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 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
87.0 %
14 % above average
Rank 66 of 647
1,848
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
467
537 eligible divisions
1,011
54.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
239
51.2 % of votes cast
837
45.3 % of votes cast
No votes
228
48.8 % 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

19
-44.1 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 647
Appearances
35
-28.1 vs Commons average
Rank 472 of 647
25
-87.7 vs Commons average
Rank 569 of 647
Contributions
41
-71.7 vs Commons average
Rank 506 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
£133,786
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£133,786
41 % 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
Defence
22 of 22 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
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 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
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API