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Jeff Smith vs Linsey Farnsworth

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 Linsey Farnsworth
Linsey Farnsworth
Lab Amber Valley

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Linsey Farnsworth voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 464 shared comparable votes.

463 same votes 1 different votes 464 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
53 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
53 Aye 39 No
28 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No
53 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
53 Aye 39 No
28 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 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
87.5%
15% above average
Rank 54 of 649
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
516
590 eligible divisions
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
265
51.4% of votes cast
863
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
251
48.6% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

55
-26.8 vs Commons average
Rank 413 of 649
Appearances
77
-4.8 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 649
71
-71.5 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 649
Contributions
134
-8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 227 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
£216,552
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£216,552
4% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
62 of 67 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
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
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