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Jeff Smith vs Paul Waugh

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Paul Waugh voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 488 shared comparable votes.

478 same votes 10 different votes 488 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
63 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 104 shared votes
63 Aye 41 No
27 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
63 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 104 shared votes
63 Aye 41 No
27 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

79.5%
7% above average
Rank 210 of 650
Participation
87.2%
15% above average
Rank 54 of 650
1,922
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
550
631 eligible divisions
1,047
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
274
49.8% of votes cast
875
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
276
50.2% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
11
2.0% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

56
-38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 650
Appearances
127
+32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 650
72
-92.6 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 650
Contributions
164
-0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 212 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
£174,781
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£174,781
23% below average
4
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
62 of 67 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API