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Jeff Smith vs Melanie Onn

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 Melanie Onn
Melanie Onn
Lab Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Melanie Onn voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 738 shared comparable votes.

731 same votes 7 different votes 738 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
81 Aye 59 No
Tax 100% aligned 140 shared votes
81 Aye 59 No
28 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
28 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
58 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 95% aligned 82 shared votes
62 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 15 No
Energy 96% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
81 Aye 59 No
Tax 100% aligned 140 shared votes
81 Aye 59 No
28 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 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 204 of 650
Participation
74.8%
2% above average
Rank 313 of 650
1,914
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
463
619 eligible divisions
1,039
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
225
48.6% of votes cast
875
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
238
51.4% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

54
-34.8 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 650
Appearances
106
+17.2 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 650
70
-84.6 vs Commons average
Rank 462 of 650
Contributions
153
-1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 219 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
£1,014,663
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£201,216
11% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
1 registered category
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
17 of 17 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Trade
9 of 10 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
#4
Energy
17 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#5
Tax
95 of 114 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye rebel
Aye
Peter Kyle's motion E (Confirmatory public vote) 1 Apr 2019
No rebel
Aye
Margaret Beckett's motion M (Confirmatory public vote) 27 Mar 2019
No rebel
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Third Reading 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Committee of the whole House Clauses 1 and 2 stand part 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Second Reading 1 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API