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Jeff Smith vs Luke Pollard

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 Luke Pollard
Luke Pollard
Lab Plymouth Sutton and Devonport

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Luke Pollard voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,125 shared comparable votes.

1,125 same votes 0 different votes 1,125 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
93 Aye 49 No
Tax 100% aligned 142 shared votes
93 Aye 49 No
29 Aye 96 No
Migration 100% aligned 125 shared votes
29 Aye 96 No
50 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 105 shared votes
50 Aye 55 No
68 Aye 31 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 99 shared votes
68 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 55 shared votes
26 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
93 Aye 49 No
Tax 100% aligned 142 shared votes
93 Aye 49 No
29 Aye 96 No
Migration 100% aligned 125 shared votes
29 Aye 96 No
50 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 105 shared votes
50 Aye 55 No
68 Aye 31 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 99 shared votes
68 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 55 shared votes
26 Aye 29 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 203 of 650
Participation
69.3%
3% below average
Rank 435 of 650
1,915
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,490
2,151 eligible divisions
1,040
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
818
54.9% of votes cast
875
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
672
45.1% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

56
-35.0 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 650
Appearances
82
-9.0 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 650
72
-86.5 vs Commons average
Rank 462 of 650
Contributions
710
+551.5 vs Commons average
Rank 8 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,926,010
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£309,067
37% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Migration
144 of 163 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
#4
Trade
74 of 90 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#5
Defence
58 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API