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Jeff Smith vs Nigel Farage

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 Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage
RUK Clacton

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Nigel Farage voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 167 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 158 different votes 167 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
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 29% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 10 No
Education 8% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 7 No
Housing 6% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
3 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 2 No
Energy 0% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 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
40.0%
33% below average
Rank 634 of 649
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
6
15 eligible divisions
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
4
66.7% of votes cast
863
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
2
33.3% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 months
Since 13 Aug 2026

Debates

55
-28.6 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 650
Appearances
13
-70.6 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 650
71
-74.7 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 650
Contributions
15
-130.7 vs Commons average
Rank 617 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
£162,580
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£162,580
28% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
35
7 registered categories
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
62 of 67 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
4 of 4 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
No topic data
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
No topic data
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
No topic data
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#5
No topic data

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 2 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 3 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: New Clause 34 18 Mar 2025
Education
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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