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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 414 shared comparable votes.

414 same votes 0 different votes 414 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 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
54 Aye 34 No
26 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
26 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
17 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
54 Aye 34 No
26 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
26 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
17 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

79.6 %
6 % above average
Rank 217 of 647
Participation
85.8 %
13 % above average
Rank 88 of 647
1,848
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
461
537 eligible divisions
1,011
54.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
234
50.8 % of votes cast
837
45.3 % of votes cast
No votes
227
49.2 % of votes cast
8
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

22
-41.7 vs Commons average
Rank 563 of 647
Appearances
49
-14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 647
29
-84.8 vs Commons average
Rank 554 of 647
Contributions
64
-49.8 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 647

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
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
61 of 66 votes
#1
Transport
25 of 25 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes
#5
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API