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Jeff Smith vs Mrs Kemi Badenoch

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 Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Con North West Essex

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Mrs Kemi Badenoch voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 925 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 881 different votes 925 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
21 Aye 5 No
Education 8% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 11 No
Energy 6% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
26 Aye 80 No
Migration 5% aligned 106 shared votes
77 Aye 29 No
61 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 83 shared votes
23 Aye 60 No
17 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 15 No
Trade 0% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 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
66.7%
6% below average
Rank 484 of 649
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,415
2,121 eligible divisions
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
702
49.6% of votes cast
863
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
713
50.4% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 649
Appearances
66
-16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
71
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 649
Contributions
277
+133.5 vs Commons average
Rank 68 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
£1,740,878
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£278,687
23% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
19
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Brexit / EU
167 of 188 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Trade
73 of 87 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Migration
134 of 163 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#5
Energy
45 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
Aye
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill: Third Reading 10 Jan 2022
Energy
Aye
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