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Jeff Smith vs Pam Cox

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 Pam Cox
Pam Cox
Lab Colchester

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Pam Cox voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 455 shared comparable votes.

455 same votes 0 different votes 455 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
54 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
54 Aye 37 No
27 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
22 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
54 Aye 37 No
27 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
22 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 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
86.4%
14% above average
Rank 65 of 649
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
510
590 eligible divisions
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
253
49.6% of votes cast
863
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
257
50.4% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 649
Appearances
59
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 649
71
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 649
Contributions
74
-69.5 vs Commons average
Rank 425 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
£158,740
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£158,740
30% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
Transport
29 of 29 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#5
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

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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Voting source Commons Votes API