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Jeff Smith vs Rachel Blake

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


Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Rachel Blake voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 417 shared comparable votes.

415 same votes 2 different votes 417 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
53 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
53 Aye 32 No
27 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
53 Aye 32 No
27 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

79.7 %
7 % above average
Rank 210 of 650
Participation
83.5 %
11 % above average
Rank 131 of 650
1,868
2,344 eligible divisions
Total votes
466
558 eligible divisions
1,018
54.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
239
51.3 % of votes cast
850
45.5 % of votes cast
No votes
227
48.7 % of votes cast
8
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

34
-36.1 vs Commons average
Rank 496 of 650
Appearances
65
-5.1 vs Commons average
Rank 280 of 650
47
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 491 of 650
Contributions
99
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 282 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
£172,923
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£172,923
24 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Energy
17 of 17 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API