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Jeff Smith vs Priti Patel

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 Priti Patel
Priti Patel
Con Witham

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Priti Patel voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 973 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 930 different votes 973 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
1 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 26 No
Transport 6% aligned 36 shared votes
28 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 65 No
Migration 5% aligned 85 shared votes
61 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
72 Aye 30 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 102 shared votes
27 Aye 75 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
12 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 15 No
Trade 0% aligned 33 shared votes
15 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
61.7%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 649
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
666
45.4% of votes cast
863
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
800
54.6% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

55
-28.6 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 650
Appearances
68
-15.6 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 650
71
-74.7 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 650
Contributions
95
-50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 356 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
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
12
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
189 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Housing
52 of 67 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#5
Tax
217 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
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
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
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